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The Digest:

Officials from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) staged a dramatic walkout from a House of Representatives budget hearing on Wednesday, refusing to participate in an open session. According to TheCable, the confrontation erupted when JAMB's representative, Director Mufutau Bello, demanded journalists leave the room to discuss "sensitive" documents, a request the committee on basic education rejected, insisting on public accountability.

Key Points:
  • JAMB officials walked out of a House of Representatives budget hearing.
  • The officials demanded a closed-door session, which the committee rejected.
  • JAMB's director represented the Registrar, who ignored three invitation letters.
  • The committee chairman ordered the sergeant-at-arms to arrest the officials.
  • Lawmakers condemned the act as a refusal to be accountable to Nigerians.
  • The session was adjourned, and the JAMB Registrar was summoned to appear next Tuesday.
  • Failure to appear will result in an arrest warrant being issued.
The walkout escalates a tense standoff over legislative oversight, framing the demand for transparency not as a routine check, but as a constitutional battle.

Sources: The Cable