Why Nigeria’s latest education policy might aid corruption?

In Nigeria, as in other places in the world, when people who do not appear to be qualified for certain positions make decisions in those offices, they generate uproar and outrage in their immediate communities. Thus, when the Accountant-turned-Columnist-turned-Minister for Education, recently announced that the Post-UTME (Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination) exams, usually conducted by universities across Nigeria will be scrapped, Nigerians felt like they had been denied something crucial. In the same vein, the Minister also announced that the UTME exam cut-off mark has been reduced to 180 from 200, essentially cementing the reputation of the Nigerian educational sector as a farce.