On Monday, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board announced that it caught some perpetrators who violated registration rules for the 2023 registration process of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry examinations.
Head of media and publicity Dr. Fabian Benjamin informed the board of this in a statement.
According to reports, the board had previously stated that it will not tolerate violations or other types of impersonation during the registration process in 2023.
While giving details in the statement, the board said, “The 2023 Registration Monitoring Team of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board led by its Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, was in Kano State earlier in the week, where the team nabbed the registration officers of some accredited Computer-Based Test Centres for registration infractions.
“One of the culprits, a corp member, who is serving at the Federal College of Education, Kano, and engaged by the College PTDF-ICT CBT Centre; and a graduate of Engineering, who also works at the Centre as a registration officer, were caught after they had added one of their fingers to complete the ten fingers of some candidates they registered.
“The team also apprehended four other registration officers at Butale Information Technology CBT Centre.
All the arrested registration officers would be profiled and prosecuted if necessary in line with relevant laws guiding identity theft”.
The board also highlighted that the team had previously been in Lagos to observe the State’s registration process. In Lagos, the team imposed an immediate ban on four ePIN dealers for extorting innocent applicants taking part in the ongoing nationwide 2023 UTME registration process.
It was also disclosed that, “One of the e-pin vendors was suspended for selling registration form N7,800 against the approved N5700 by JAMB”.
Oloyede was cited as saying that these vendors’ actions were very regrettable, especially since one of the well-known and well recognized institutions was involved.
The Board also stated that it would continue to monitor the registration process nationwide in coordination with the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and other pertinent agencies to make sure that Nigerians who wish to participate in the exercise are not exploited, frustrated, or duped into mutilating their data.
