The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-hak Oloyede, disclosed this on Monday in Bwari while addressing journalists after visiting some Computer Based Test centres in Bwari and Dutse areas of the city.
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Benjamin was speaking against the backdrop of calls by some blind candidates in Lagos, seeking to know if they would be using the Braille Note Apex for the fast approaching all Computer-Based Tests, scheduled for between March 9 and March 17.
Speaking at the JAMB office in Bwari, FCT, he said government never expected such huge remittance because the revenue target of the board for 2017 was N500 million.
The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.
NAN recalls that the board commenced the 2018 UTME registration on December 6, 2017 and closed on February 11, after extending the registration for five days.
The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Lagos.
The Board disclosed this in a statement signed by its Head of Media, Dr Fabian Benjamin, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, on Tuesday.
The Registrar of the Board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, stated this on Tuesday in Abuja when the Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, visited the board in Bwari, Abuja.
In a petition signed by its Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, the Resource Centre said it is seriously concerned about the remittance of N7.8 billion by the recently appointed Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, into the coffers of the government within one year of his appointment into the current management, making it historic in the existence of the examination body.
The Lagos State Coordinator of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Sunday Aladegbaye, confirmed the arrest in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Lagos.
The board also reiterated the need for candidates to register on time and ensure that they follow due process in order to avoid avoidable challenges.
Oloyede made the call during a meeting with security operatives and other stakeholders at the Bwari Area Council in Abuja.
The State Coordinator of JAMB, Sunday Aladegbaye, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Lagos that 63 centres were accredited for the examination in 2017.
The statement said: “The fake past questions in CD Rom entitled; ‘JAMB PRO CBT practice software for UTME’ was purported to have emanated from JAMB in other to give credence to the products.
The board’s Head of Media and Information, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Lagos.
The NANS President, Chinonso Obasi, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said such remittance from JAMB within a short period under the leadership of Prof. Is-haq Oloyede showed a great deal of probity.
I have never liked JAMB. Not because I ever attempted to take its exam or failed it. I guess I’m like most Direct Entry students who think JAMB is one of the useless bureaucracies that have robbed universities of their brains.
The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos
It said that the meeting would determine the number of centres to be used for the 2017 all CBT Unified Tertiary Matriculation Board exercise
“For instance, a candidate may like to study Medicine, but for the JAMB examination, he or she registers English Language, which is compulsory, then Chemistry, Literature and Geography