Prof. Oloyede: MURIC decries claims no competent Muslims for public offices

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), a civil society group, has described Prof. Ishaq Oloyede as a game changer and a moral compass.

The MURIC’s Executive Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, on Monday in a statement, further referred to Prof. Oloyede, the immediate past Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) as a living proof of Muslim resilience, idealism and intellectualism in Nigeria.

Akintola noted that Oloyede broke the myth of the nonavailability or scarcity of qualified Muslims for public offices, an excuse used by those who deliberately marginalise Muslims and concluded that JAMB would never be the same again after Oloyede’s 10-year stint.

“Professor Is-haq Oloyede concluded his national assignment as the registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) on Friday, 31st July, 2026 after a 10-year stint. He was no doubt a game changer and a moral compass. At the same time, he was a living proof of Muslim resilience, idealism and intellectualism in Nigeria.

‎”Oloyede broke the myth of the nonavailability or scarcity of qualified Muslims for public offices, an excuse used by those who deliberately marginalise Muslims, particularly in the southern part of Nigeria.

‎”Without actually saying so, Oloyede debunked the misconception that Muslims are uneducated, unskilled and incompetent. He proved to traducers of the southern Muslim population who are in the habit of picking Christians only for public and professional appointments even where Muslims constitute the majority that they never cared to look in the direction of Muslims.

‎”Today, due to the high-level performance of Prof. Is-haq Oloyede both at the University of Ilorin where he was a former vice chancellor and later at JAMB, Nigerian Muslims can beat their chests and proudly repeat the words of the Glorious Qur’an where Allah says, ‘This is the creation of Allah, show Me what those other than Him have created’ (31:11),” Akintola said.

The MURIC boss saying that there is no iota of doubt that JAMB will never be the same again after Oloyede’s 10-year stint, also congratulated Prof. Oloyede and wishes him a life filled with bliss in his post-JAMB experience.