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.The board’s head of media and information, Fabian Benjamin, debunked
the speculations in a statement made available to the News Agency of
Nigeria, NAN, on Sunday in Lagos.According to the statement, the registrar of the examination body,
Ishaq Oloyede, has expressed disappointment with the development and
called 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.“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 Mr. Oloyede 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, Cletus
Uloko, in 2015.According to the statement, Mr. Uloko’s services were terminated following acts of misconduct contrary to civil service rule.It said Mr. 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, Mr. 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 Mr. 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, Mr. 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 September 27’’.
The letter then noted that the court dismissed the claimant’s suit.
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