The board disclosed this in a statement by its spokesperson,
Dr Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja on Wednesday.
Benjamin said the 2021 remittance was in line with Prof.
Ishaq Oloyede’s avowed commitment to prudent management of public resources.
According to him, commitment to probity coupled with the
adoption of international best practices makes for cost-effective operational
processes and attendant savings to yield those humongous remittances to
government coffers.
He said this was the norm rather than the exception in the
last six years beginning from 2016 when Oloyede remitted the whopping sum of N7
billion and repeated the same in subsequent years.
“It is pertinent to note that one of the direct benefits of
the sustained remittances by the Prof. Oloyede-led management manifested in the
reduction of the cost of the application documents (UTME and DE) by candidates
from N5,000 to N3,500 in 2018 by President Muhammadu Buhari.
“This singular act has ensured the annual transfer of over
N3 billion to the pockets of parents and guardians of candidates as a
consequence of the slash in the price of UTME forms.
“The board, led by Prof. Oloyede will continue to prune down
the cost of governance and release resources for other needy national
prioritise areas,” he added.
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