Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), will no longer be required as a pre-condition to gaining admission into Nigerian universities. This was the decision of the Federal Government and stakeholders in education sector, Thursday. Also, cut off marks for the 2016 admission into universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, was pegged at 180. These decisions were reached at the 2016 Combined Policy Meeting on Admissions to Universities, Polytechnics and other higher institutions in Nigeria, which held in Abuja on Thursday. The Minister of Education , Malam Adamu Adamu, while declaring open the meeting, argued that if there was absolute confidence in the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, there should be no need for universities to conduct internal examinations to determine the fate of candidates seeking admissions. He said: “As far as I am concerned, the nation has confidence in what JAMB is doing, the universities should not be holding ...