JAMB registrar abolishes N100m allocation to state offices
Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has announced that the board would no longer give the usual N100 million allocation to its state offices.
Oloyede made the disclosure at the opening of a two-day meeting with Computer Based Test (CBT) centres, technical advisors, service providers such as MTN, Airtell, Galaxy Backbone and other stakeholders.
The meeting was held at Kongo Conference Hotel, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria.
Oloyede said: “You may recollect that since 2016, we do give at least N100 million to state offices for one thing or the other. We want to tell you that this year; no kobo will be released for anybody for anything because those who are running private computer based centres are making profit.
“And if they can make profit, paying their salaries and doing other things. We are paying salaries of all staff and in addition, we still take care of offices through quarterly allocation.
“We started last year to see how much you bring in; henceforth I will not go into government coffers to give you money. We can close down any centre that is not useful to us.”
The registrar said they brought in NIN as a condition for registering our candidates for this year, adding that they were also collaborating with the NIMC.
“With current campaign against NIMC, I’m not saying they are not corrupt, but for me, I can see deliberate efforts at running down NIMC, so that we can think of not collaborating with them.
“Those who are benefiting from registration and examination scandals, which have become big industries are mounting campaign against NIMC.
“I am not saying you should not be vigilant, but do not let us swallow everything people are saying about them. Based on my interaction with the head of NIMC, they are upright and just last week, five members of their staff were sacked for collecting bribes.
“What else would they do? Will they manufacture those who will work with them? So, as you interact with NIMC, don’t have it in mind that you are interacting with corrupt people, no, they are not,” he said.
Oloyede however, said that it does not mean one should not be vigilant, saying he would be happy if the corrupt ones among the staff were exposed.
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“You know, there are infractions during registration and examinations and we have punished infractions we detected. We will not tolerate it no matter how little.
“Unless I’m wrong, more than 40 per cent of our candidates have obtained their NIN while the remaining ones are running helter- skelter to have theirs,” he said.
The registrar sought the assistance of Computer Professional Registration Council of Nigeria (CPRCN) to pay particular attention to CCTV.
Oloyede said they were aware that some computer based centres were tampering with CCTV camera in collaboration with the JAMB technical officers, adding that they would not have been able to do so if the technical officers had not collaborated with them, as it was in the server room.
