The foolish quota system that has given us a dullard like Buhari as president is what is at play here. The quota system will be the death of this nonsense country. Whoever will be refusing a score of 302 admission and give the same admission to one mugu that scored 181 is an educated fool. That's why we have all these foolish northerners in all the best job positions.
Even common entrance will tell you that pass mark for Sokoto is 2. Is that not madness?!
How can someone just arbitrarily decide that only 2 students be admitted from Niger state?
Are you people well at all?
I nor blame una.
Na the yeye parents wey allow their genius pikin to apply to an Almajiri university that will victimize the girl that I blame.
Better pikin, go and write SAT and Cambridge and leave their shithole school for them.
You deserve to study where intelligence is celebrated.
Let the abokis and mallams go and die with their stupid quota system.
Nonsense Buhari, Northerners and APC.

MoIbrahim:
Honestly *the person who wrote this piece “Injustice to one is injustice to all” is completely ignorant of the process of admission in Ahmadu Bello University Zaria,*

For those of us that wrote Jamb 3 times passed all and failed to secure admission whom also are from the catchment area of the University felt the same way but later got to understand the process & how it works!

There are some unique facts about ABU that we must appreciate which includes among so many others; ABU is the most cosmopolitan University in the whole of Africa not even Nigeria �� it’s no news that ABU Zr has students from each and every of the 774 local governments in �� which makes it a mini ��.

When it comes to teaching staff, ABU is the only record holder of having atleast 1 senior staff from each and every of the 36 states in Nigeria and it has remained so till date. So in essence not even the University of Abuja that is in the heart of Nigeria can boast of having students from all the 774 local governments or a staff from each of the 36 states in the Country. Then we should be proud of ABU Zr.

I can personally attest to the fact that in each and every Departmental admission guideline clearly spells out three criteria’s and is religiously adhered to which includes: 1. Merrit list 45% of the total students admitted to the dept (Atleast 2 to 3 students with the highest score from each state). 2. Catchment area list 35% (like any other university in Nigeria ABU considers students from its selected States as it catchment area). & 3. Less Educationally developed states list 20% (in other to give candidates in some selected states that are not as educationally developed as the others a chance to be in ABU as they are at a disadvantage and cannot stand their colleagues from the opposite side) which makes 100% for each department and in doing this no state is left out. Please tell me which other University in Nigeria can say same of their institution? I’ll tell U the answer for free “NONE”.

As regards the case of one *Goodness Thomas, she would have made it for the MBBS Merit list from her state but unfortunately she was number 7 on the list in terms of jamb score from Niger state* and only the first two were picked as it is in d case with all other 36 states and the FCT, she also wouldn’t have made it for the 2nd & 3rd criteria for admission as the number from the Medical and Dental Board limits ABU MBBS to only 120students per session so please do the maths how would U have admitted Goodness into MBBS and justify it even if U are on the admissions committee?

It is also important that I call the attention of the writer of this mischievous piece, that Goodness Thomas was quick to change her 1st choice to ‘Anatomy’ from MBBS seeing she didn’t make the 1st list and she was admitted in the 2nd list of admission which she accepted gladly and quickly, so why are people been mischievous and sharing very wrong information on social media?

I have seen the list of about 25 candidates this year alone from Kwara, Benue and Kogi states who scored above 300 and didn’t make the list for MBBS but unfortunately their representatives don’t have social media handles to speak out on their behalf.

This year alone ABU received more than 40,000 qualified candidates which is the largest number of applicants for any university in Nigeria and Jamb gave ABU the clearance to take in 11,000 candidates which is also the highest number any university is taking in this year, so who will speak for the over 29,000 qualified candidates? Even ASUU is crying that accademic staff are over stretched due to the number of lecturer to student at the moment.

As it stands, ABU is among the 1st generation of universities in Nigeria and there has been plans from the management under the leadership of Prof. Ibrahim Garba with support from the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) and the Ministry of Education for ABU Zr to Migrate into a fully pledged Post-Graduate University and that can only happen if the number of undergraduates intake is cut by more than half the number its currently taking in.

So please let’s call all mischief makers to order and if anyone has any issue on admission of a candidate to write to the University rather than embarking on campaign of calmuny on social media to dent the reputation of a University we all hold Dear.

Abubakar A Rafindadi.

No wonder the North is so backward. So a whole university doesnt know the doffernce between catchment arearea and admisson based on meit.

You already have a percentage for catchment area, yet you are still allocating merit admission based on state?

What do these people smoke

chewwie:
Let me get this straight. So if a boy or girl from Borno or Yobe scores 201 as the highest in the state, he or she will get into MBBS ahead of a girl who scored 300+ because of quota, diversity and inclusiveness? What baloney! Total malarkey! Where is the reward for her hard work? She would have easily sat for her WASSCE, cheated, made 6 credits, and enter road forking all the boys in Niger state, get pregnant abort, spread HIV, and constitute nuisance, but no, she decided to work hard.
The incompetence in our educational system is grossly alarming!

you don't know what's is called merit score otherwise you won't type this nonsense last 2 years a boy from borno was the highest in jamb and got scholarship to American university adamawa.. some of u think aboki are all dumb guy wake up....

IAmStrange:
And some people were attributing it to Islam, calling it Islamic agenda.

Many began to spite the school, calling it all sorts of derogatory names, with Islam in the picture.

WaLlohi, the minds of many of these people are dark and evil, the Muslims have just become too weak to expose them.

Indeed, it's the truth what Allaah said:

“Never will the Jews nor the Christians be
pleased with you (O Muhammad) till you follow their religion"

It's Islamophobia that will kill some people.

Did a story not come up one time of Covenant university rejecting admission to one Muslim guy in a similar fashion like this?

Did anyone shout Christianization?

When a Muslim does something, they attribute it to Islam. If it's the other way round, you won't hear such a thing coming from us.

Why are you all so deeply obsessed with Islam if you do not fear for its greatness and try to talk it down or criticize it at any given chance?

The reality is that many of these people are just insincere, sick-minded hypocrites!

Imes is coming! Imes is coming! The world should prepare.

The reality of your true selves, how evil your hearts are actually and how foolish your arguments and philosophies are will soon be exposed to the world when Imes comes.

All of you should continue! Imes will be making you all famous; yes, the whole will know you all for your evil and hypocritical ways.

By the time Imes will come, humiliation will be your companion. humiliation will be your nick names. You will all wine and dine with humiliation unless you repent and turn towards truth.

When Imes comes, it will be the end of your era and the beginning of a new one.

When Imes comes, it will be game over for many of you hypocritical lots

Imes is coming, You should all get prepared!

And you are free to wail and attack me on mention. That's your way and it will only make your humiliation more interesting when Imes eventually shows up.

Imes, we await your coming

You know some people are blatant illiterates who know nothing about admission procedures but think they can use their 419 intellects to raise eyebrow. Am a doctor in ABUTH and I rendered to assist the girl in question by approaching the school's admissions office. With the current JAMB CAPS system I know she can't be cheated. But the touts resulted to abuse as usual. They will only damage the image of the girl in question by spreading propaganda against the university. I once felt into the scenario and I understand everything about the admissions.

Galaticos444:
forget all dis long speech.its no news that Islam is a violent religion,jst imagine wot group like boko haram,Isis,al Qaeda has done to humanity in d name of Islam,Islam has rilly dealt with d world negatively now u see why people ar scared of anything islimization

Those groups you mentioned killed more Muslims than any other religious group, they bombs more mosques than churches, they are mostly found in Islamic states and countries where the the destroys the social amenities. Google is your friend

damtan:

Wise one, I ain't dumb.
All the other 6 best ahead of her also chose medicine as their choice of course?

Don't know about ABU but in my school only the toppers for each state that applied for MBBS are considered on merit.

The rest(mind you who also boast of good results)get in through a bit of flexion and extension with their long legs.

MoIbrahim:
Honestly *the person who wrote this piece “Injustice to one is injustice to all” is completely ignorant of the process of admission in Ahmadu Bello University Zaria,*

For those of us that wrote Jamb 3 times passed all and failed to secure admission whom also are from the catchment area of the University felt the same way but later got to understand the process & how it works!

There are some unique facts about ABU that we must appreciate which includes among so many others; ABU is the most cosmopolitan University in the whole of Africa not even Nigeria �� it’s no news that ABU Zr has students from each and every of the 774 local governments in �� which makes it a mini ��.

When it comes to teaching staff, ABU is the only record holder of having atleast 1 senior staff from each and every of the 36 states in Nigeria and it has remained so till date. So in essence not even the University of Abuja that is in the heart of Nigeria can boast of having students from all the 774 local governments or a staff from each of the 36 states in the Country. Then we should be proud of ABU Zr.

I can personally attest to the fact that in each and every Departmental admission guideline clearly spells out three criteria’s and is religiously adhered to which includes: 1. Merrit list 45% of the total students admitted to the dept (Atleast 2 to 3 students with the highest score from each state). 2. Catchment area list 35% (like any other university in Nigeria ABU considers students from its selected States as it catchment area). & 3. Less Educationally developed states list 20% (in other to give candidates in some selected states that are not as educationally developed as the others a chance to be in ABU as they are at a disadvantage and cannot stand their colleagues from the opposite side) which makes 100% for each department and in doing this no state is left out. Please tell me which other University in Nigeria can say same of their institution? I’ll tell U the answer for free “NONE”.

As regards the case of one *Goodness Thomas, she would have made it for the MBBS Merit list from her state but unfortunately she was number 7 on the list in terms of jamb score from Niger state* and only the first two were picked as it is in d case with all other 36 states and the FCT, she also wouldn’t have made it for the 2nd & 3rd criteria for admission as the number from the Medical and Dental Board limits ABU MBBS to only 120students per session so please do the maths how would U have admitted Goodness into MBBS and justify it even if U are on the admissions committee?

It is also important that I call the attention of the writer of this mischievous piece, that Goodness Thomas was quick to change her 1st choice to ‘Anatomy’ from MBBS seeing she didn’t make the 1st list and she was admitted in the 2nd list of admission which she accepted gladly and quickly, so why are people been mischievous and sharing very wrong information on social media?

I have seen the list of about 25 candidates this year alone from Kwara, Benue and Kogi states who scored above 300 and didn’t make the list for MBBS but unfortunately their representatives don’t have social media handles to speak out on their behalf.

This year alone ABU received more than 40,000 qualified candidates which is the largest number of applicants for any university in Nigeria and Jamb gave ABU the clearance to take in 11,000 candidates which is also the highest number any university is taking in this year, so who will speak for the over 29,000 qualified candidates? Even ASUU is crying that accademic staff are over stretched due to the number of lecturer to student at the moment.

As it stands, ABU is among the 1st generation of universities in Nigeria and there has been plans from the management under the leadership of Prof. Ibrahim Garba with support from the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) and the Ministry of Education for ABU Zr to Migrate into a fully pledged Post-Graduate University and that can only happen if the number of undergraduates intake is cut by more than half the number its currently taking in.

So please let’s call all mischief makers to order and if anyone has any issue on admission of a candidate to write to the University rather than embarking on campaign of calmuny on social media to dent the reputation of a University we all hold Dear.

Abubakar A Rafindadi.

this is why Africa with remain in dark age! can you see the criteria for admissions in Nigeria? now this is the reason our students in foreign land excel . very shameful despite the criteria nothing to show out of it.

Yes. Including Rivers, Bayelsa, Cross-Rivers and Ebonyi. And it based on enrollments and completion rates at primary, secondary and university levels, and on literacy rates among adults.

ursamajor:

So you for exposing the charade called catchment catchment area in admission process in our schools.
You mean all the nineteen northern states are educationally disadvantaged?

EXOUSIAng:

How many?
If you read the post you would seen that the is number 7 from her state. a northern state

How many people makes 300 in JAMB? get your facts right. So many Northern states don't have more than 500 people who makes their entire subjects in SSCE.

Go to UNN, Aboki will score less and will be giving a letter from the Emir, that's administration letter straight.

Ireboya:
UNILAG also have quota for 45% merit, 35% catchment and 20% ELDS, not only ABU ...Also, UNILORIN has the highest number of applicants each year ..so no hype one ABU for us

So are you saying it was wrong for her not be admitted into MBBS

Snowale:
Are you dumb or what, they said she is the 7th best from her state, and they can't admit more than 120 students from the whole of Nigeria, and also there are school of matriculation students graduands who should be admitted.

Are you also so dumb that you cannot understand that no all of them could have chosen medicine and ABU

I believe everyone is entitled to freedom of speech.That been said, i have a few things i will like to address. To the person that wrote this article, you have done a good job pointing out how the A.B.U system works, kudos for that, but you left something critical out. you claim your article is intended to point out to those who are islamizing the situation the process of the Institute yet you also pointed out the fact that this young lady did not get admission because she was 7th in the listing from her state. I attended A.B.U from 2010-2014 and i was admitted with 230 points in my jamb. So with all due respect your argument in the aspect of cut-off score does not hold water. I also am a muslim and it is true that many times when a "muslim based" Institution or person is involved in this kind of news that it is quickly islamized but that should be the basis of this article. A.B.U has done injustice in my point of view denying the lady admission with such worthy grades but the reason is not islamically based. please be just in your write ups. They cannot be completely right in doing what they did been that people with lesser grades get into the Institute. May Allah Grant us the ability to be unbias. ameen.

According to standard dictionaries, beliefs that are not backed by reasons are fanatical.

fof1:



STORIES FOR D gods. WINDOW DRESSING EPISODE. THANKS FOR DEFENSE. FANATICAL RELIGIOUSITY IS STILL AT PLAY IN ABU'S ACTIVITIES. IF U LIKE SPEAK IN FERNANDAPO...

The third reason OP wrote about less educated state is enough to have ABU's license withdrawn. How can a whole university be talking about less educated and there's denying someone with the right results for some idiots with lower grades in the name of less educated. Education is never by force. I can truly see the North is holding us back as a nation indeed.

Some southerners used to claim that they are beyond the North academics wise and I have never despute it. I fathom that some people that have said and voiced their opinions on this saga did it because out of genuine concern but majority only did so out of jealousy and envy for northerners. They are jealous and bitter of the fact that we are mostly Muslims and are jealous of the fact that God has been kind to us and has uplifted us, but you don't dictate for God.
Left to them, we should be their slaves and they our lords but Allah uplifts whomsoever he wills, whenever he wills and however he wills.
If not envy and hatred, how do you explain people continuing to insult Islam, Muslims and northerners even after the clarifications. In the year 2016 some thing like this happened at OAU. The victim in these case even scored 320 and had better result than this Goodness Thomas.
Let me drop this link here to refresh our memories.
https://www.nairaland.com/3534052/oau-admission-saga-aror-oghenerukewve

From what you wrote and its tone, one could easily guess your ethnic group you belong to. One could also guess the shape of your head.
True or false?

manlawal:

How did you know unibuja cannot boast of students from 774 local govt and there are no staff from each 36 states of Nigeria even with the fct? Just shut up your mouth and prove your point as you don't unibuja as I do, I graduated there and I know how it is face your ABU and the underage girl am sure she is part of the underage voters in the north

bnovative:
The Op can only post this because majority of people here can't ask objective questions.
1. The process of admission is the same in all federal university in Nigeria. The merit, catchment area and educational less developed state.
2. Out of the 120 students claimed to be admitted to mbbs in Abu, all states can't have their quota of 2 to 3 candidates applied to ABU. The reason is parents from non northern states will hardly allow their wards who want to study mbbs, apply to northern university because of insecurity. Can the Op publish the names, scores and state of origin so we can see the transparency?
3 is Niger state one of ABU's catchment area or elds?
4. You claimed she ranked 7th from her state, can you publish the name and scores from her state.
U advised a brilliant girl that was on her parthway to study mbbs, to enroll in anatomy, are you for real.
Answer these and we can continue from here.
Besides are you the spokes person for ABU? I doubt.

Anatomy is hardly a course for dull people.

It can be tough , and as tough as medicine.

Plus, many Anatomists train the future doctors too. Your Surgeon would have been nowhere without an anatomist teaching him or her were the bits and pieces are, the varations on the bits and pieces, and how they work.

Don't mock other courses.

MasterKernel:



Hey! Do you think a sane mind would believe these fairy tales they just served the public?
Nepotism, Tribalism and Religious has an undertone in their decision against the little hard working girl.

Are you Dumb or mentally unstable, Do you think MBBS is a course anyone can get so easily, she is the 7the best from her state and they can't admit more than 120 from the whole of Nigeria, meanwhile, there are also matriculation students who should be admitted also

From what you wrote, I can tell you for free the ethnic group that you belong to. That is in case, your parents have not told you before.

One can even guess the shape of your head too

johnpablo541:



So it is safe to say that "All the states in the North fall under Educationally less developed states" then the people in that region needs to have their heads checked

Bedwyr:


Anatomy is hardly a course for dull people.

It can be tough , and as tough as medicine.

Plus, many Anatomists train the future doctors too. Your Surgeon would have been nowhere without an anatomist teaching him or her were the bits and pieces are, the varations on the bits and pieces, and how they work.

Don't mock other courses.

Anatomy is like a borrowed course for MBBS student, the whole anatomy you do from year 1 to 4, MBBS student will have to study the whole textbook in just 2 year, the also do everything in physiology and biochemistry, in the same 2 years, so don't come and tell me anatomy is as tough as MBBS.

Pes13:
I laughed when I saw that news.

302/400 and he was shouting foul play. Maybe he thought Mbbs is equally sorted after like Education Management.

I am a medical student in UI, UI doesn't have catchment area, 100% admission slot is by merit.

However, there are almost 400 candidates that score 300+ in utme every year, and the carrying capacity for Mbbs in UI is just 180.

That means, several candidates with 320+ won't end up getting Mbbs in the end, by the time aggregate score is determined.

There is no foul play in this matter, only ignorant people who is not in the system will type such gibberish.

Exactly!

I didn't know the school
Admits students like NDA

Lols first List is merit list, it makes up 45% second list is catchment, it makes up 35% educationally disadvantaged makes up 20% abeg ooo is ABU not in the north?? Won't it still be the same people under catchment that will be under educationally disadvantaged.? My thoughts.... Wetin must no go see for gate

DexterousOne:


I'm very sure......

Are you a JAMB official? Or the faculty dean?

Snowale:
Anatomy is like a borrowed course for MBBS student, the whole anatomy you do from year 1 to 4, MBBS student will have to study the whole textbook in just 2 year, the also do everything in physiology and biochemistry, in the same 2 years, so don't come and tell me anatomy is as tough as MBBS.

It is, and I speak as a medical doctor.

IAmStrange:


Did a story not come up one time of Covenant university rejecting admission to one Muslim guy in a similar fashion like this?

Did anyone shout Christianization?

Covenant University is not a secular school. It's a faith based university, a Christian university. ABU is not. If ABU, UI, Uniport or UNN rejects a candidate based on their faith, then there is an issue.

callthefred:
The third reason OP wrote about less educated state is enough to have ABU's license withdrawn. How can a whole university be talking about less educated and there's denying someone with the right results for some idiots with lower grades in the name of less educated. Education is never by force. I can truly see the North is holding us back as a nation indeed.

It's better you stop hating, millions of northerners everyday including me, curse for those that are against us, our haters, our enemies. Our prayers is that our enemies will never prosper, to the extent that they will keep shouting and shouting and shouting, they won't have the power to touch us a little bit. Stop hating it's for your good

Personally, I care more about how, all the Northern states are conveniently placed as 'educationally underdeveloped' ? Please don't bring any data we both know was made for a particular people.

MoIbrahim:
Yes. Including Rivers, Bayelsa, Cross-Rivers and Ebonyi. And it based on enrollments and completion rates at primary, secondary and university levels, and on literacy rates among adults.

Rubbish


Let them release the cut off marks for all who were admitted for the said course

I want to check something

Please if this girl's people are reading this, let her leave this country and go and study abroad..A word is enough for the wise

chewwie:
Let me get this straight. So if a boy or girl from Borno or Yobe scores 201 as the highest in the state, he or she will get into MBBS ahead of a girl who scored 300+ because of quota, diversity and inclusiveness? What baloney! Total malarkey! Where is the reward for her hard work? She would have easily sat for her WASSCE, cheated, made 6 credits, and enter road forking all the boys in Niger state, get pregnant abort, spread HIV, and constitute nuisance, but no, she decided to work hard.
The incompetence in our educational system is grossly alarming!

I hardly talk on any matter on Nairaland , but as a pharmacy student in this same ABU and a southern. I must say ABU is one of d most transparent universities in Nigeria, not only because I have over 15yorubas, 6 igbos and 40 other people that are not Hausas as my coursemates

But because
(1). Abu not only admit student in Nigeria alone, but also foreigners
2)ABU is a *federal* school..i.e it's must try as much as possible to admit students from every part of Nigeria

How does a federal school/ABU admit students from every part of Nigeria
1) choose the top 2/3 students from each state
2)As a northern university, more slot must b allocated to d north, because universities in the south also do the same
3)Should it matter if u score 180 and u are d highest in ur state??No, because that's what ur state can offer
4)should u be given admission bcus u score 320 and u are d 4th in ur state?? No, bcus a federal school cannot admit all medicine candidates from Lagos State bcus dey all had 330
5)Should there be education less advantage states in Nigeria?? Yes, for equity sake.


Note:
Before I gained admission and I didn't know much about admission process, I wailed alot about injustice in Nigeria education system, but now I realize dis injustice is justified.

ABU have different Big chapel 4 christians in their Campus, excos are being selected frm all tribes & religion. ABU is amazingly peaceful and free from cultism. And just to mention I'm a Yoruba guy from Ondo state. Bless

Snowale:
Are you Dumb or mentally unstable, Do you think MBBS is a course anyone can get so easily, she is the 7the best from her state and they can't admit more than 120 from the whole of Nigeria, meanwhile, there are also matriculation students who should be admitted also

I'm sorry for your state of mind, obviously you need help. Hurling tantrums in a debate, shows how lachrymose and lugubrious you've turned to be.

Federal University is taking 2-3 per state, that means, 120 may go to individuals states, what happens to the remaining slots? People like you don't have space for merit.

traihit:
That's a very silly excuse, so silly not only because cut-off mark for university is 180, the candidate had over 300 even though ABU would still admits students scoring less than 200 for the same exam. How then do we battle exam malpractices when individuals like the said candidate will diligently prepare for an exam, come out in flying colours and still be denied admission? Meanwhile, some on the alter of unprogressive and outdated sentiments be given the same admission. For how long is Nigeria going to drag herself underdevelopment?

It seems you didn't read the OP or you read it with a biased mind. The OP said she was offered Human Anatomy. And as for people who might have scored less than 200 being given admission, were they admitted to study MBBS? If the girl scored even 250 and applied for a course other than MBBS, I can assure you she will get.
I think you guys really need to stop letting your opinions guide your evaluations but let your evaluations guide your opinions.