University defies JAMB, sets 170 mark for admission

The Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State has defiled the orders as it set 170 as the cut-off mark for the 2017/2018 admission into the institution, against the minimum 120 set by JAMB.
Malam Umar Usman, the varsity's Information Officer made this known in Gusau on Saturday saying:

“If we will stick to the 120 minimum cut off marks given by the JAMB, a majority of applicants who are going to attend the University’s aptitude test for the admission will not get it.
“We decided to minimize the difficulty by raising our points to 170 so that most of those that will pay for post the UTME in the university will get the admission,” he said.

He noted that the university also runs Pre-degree programme in Science, Art and Social Science with candidates who would also be considered for admission to make up for 1, 500 students required for the session.

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