Nigeria, May 14 -- The Chancellor of the Athena Centre for Policy and Leadership, Osita Chidoka, has commended the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for transparency as the board begins the review of this year's Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The review followed widespread protest of low scores by candidates claiming past records of better performance in both the UTME and other examinations.

Mr Chidoka, a former minister of aviation, is one of the stakeholders invited by JAMB to be part of the review process. His organisation, the Athena Centre, recently conducted a survey that revealed the financial secrecy in Nigerian universities and how that is affecting their abilities to get global grants.

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