We've Not Started Sales of 2017 UTME application documents Yet - JAMB Debunked
Lagos – The Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has urged the public to disregard the
speculations that it had commenced the sales of its application documents for
2017 UTME by some group of persons.
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| JAMB 2017 UPDATE |
The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr
Fabian Benjamin, debunked the speculations in a statement on Sunday in Lagos.
According to the statement, the Registrar of the examination body, Prof. Ishaq
Oloyede, has expressed disappointment with the development and calls on
innocent Nigerians not to fall prey. “The public is hereby notified that JAMB
has not commenced the sales of its application documents as advertised by some
unknown and desperate persons.
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FILE: CANDIDATES WRITING UTME IN ABUJA “They are
to disregard any website or individuals claiming to be in possession of these
documents and offering same for sales. “We are putting finishing touches to
innovation and changes to ease the challenges associated with the procedure of
application for the 2017 all Computer-Based Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination (UTME). “We are looking forward to announcing the commencement of
the sales of these documents very soon,’’ the statement quoted the registrar as
saying. The statement advised the public to feel free to contact the board for
clarification on its activities through its website or contact numbers whenever
they were in doubt. It noted that Oleyede had announced his willingness to open
the board’s door to the public to make valuable contributions and also report
any act against the board’s pedigree by either the staff or the board’s
development partners.
“We must all be interested in what happens in JAMB, as it
is too important to be ignored. “Help us to watch over where our eyes cannot
get to, hear where our ears fail and be our police where our presence is
insufficient,’’ the statement said. It added that the Registrar had restated
the board’s determination to ensure that nobody was spared in sustaining and
advancing the credibility of the board. Meanwhile, the board has hailed the
judgment of the National Industrial Court sustaining the sack of one of its
former staff, one Cletus Uloko in 2015.
According to the statement, Uloko’s services
were terminated following acts of misconduct contrary to civil service rule. It
said Uloko was sacked because he was wrongfully in procession of over 120
e-slip of candidates without authorisation and justification. The statement
explained that upon the development, Uloko was queried and on responding, his
explanation was not satisfactory to the board. It further said that the board
then constituted a disciplinary committee which recommended that Uloko ran foul
and breached all the extant civil service laws and therefore sacked him.
According to the statement, based on the termination of the appointment Uloko
approached the National Industrialist Court to seek for redress, compensation
and reinstatement. The statement explained that in a notification of termination
of suit made available by the JAMB legal team to the board said: “We, by this
letter, hereby notify the board that final judgment had been delivered on the
matter on Sept. 27’’. It said the letter further said that the court dismissed
the claimant’s suit. (NAN)
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