2020 UTME: JAMB blacklist 22 CBT centres over N59m fraud
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has delisted about 22 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres for allegedly defrauding about 11,823 of its candidates of N59 million.
According to JAMB Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the representatives carried out the fraud by charging candidates more than stipulated amount for effecting correction on profile as well as bypassing One-Time Password (OTP) required of candidates to initiate such changes.
He made this disclosure during a virtual meeting with representatives of the affected centres.
Daily Times reports that JAMB boss revealed that about 22 centres from nine states were indicted for the infractions, adding that any centre that shared the same ownership with the affected ones also stood suspended from all JAMB activities.
“The purpose of calling this meeting is to interact with 22 of you (institutions) that have grossly violated the prescription of the board, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic and those who have done things not expected to do, thereby endangering the lives of candidates that they were supposed to protect.
“Not only that, we have discovered that the 22 of you have also defrauded candidates by collecting from them more than you are expected to collect and doing certain things that would bypass the normal process and procedure.
“We have invited you to this meeting to hear you out and also let the public know how some of you are engaging in criminal activities in the process of registering candidates. There are some of you that can even be classified as certified fraudsters”, he said.
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He further disclosed that the affected CBT centres owners would also be prosecuted.
Prof. Oloyede said that the board has reversed the changes done illegally by affected candidates but that the money paid to JAMB to effect the changes remain intact on their profiles.
He advised such candidates to change their passwords to avoid further damage following exposure of the secret code to operators of the now blacklisted CBT centres.
Meanwhile, some of the representatives in their response blamed the illegal act on their technical staff, saying that they have been sacked from the organisation.
The affected CBT centres are Bright Stars, Aba, Abia State, 68 candidates; Flourish Computer Centre, Akwa Ibom State-105; Ibom-E-Library, Akwa Ibom-12; Chukwuemeka Odumegwu University, Igbariam-661. Anambra State; Deacons Digital Solutions Ltd-96; Federal Poly, Oko 314, Mega Dataview, Onitsha-733.
Others are Bayelsa State; Linnet Paul Innovative Institute, Yenagoa- 3435; Niger Delta University-1200; Edo State: Diict, Benin-81;Gateway Edutech,Benin-10; Gifted Hands science and Technology, Benin-223; NABTEB ICT Training Centre, Benin-291; Samuel Adegboyega University, Ogwa-670 and Supreme ICT Foundation, Benin-22.
The list also includes Enugu State: Elco ICT, Nsukka-538; Peaceland And Stalwart Solutions, Enugu-554; Union ICT-773; Kaduna State: Time online ICT, Sabon Tasha, Kaduna-67: Lagos State: Duntro High School, Surulere-21; Elite BusinessConsult, Ikorodu 218 and Rivers State: Ave Maria international academy, Rumuodara, Port Harcourt-1731.a0
