Senator Abe to give free JAMB forms to qualified candidates, releases guidelines
As the sales of JAMB forms commenced throughout the country, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, representing Rivers South East in the Senate, has embarked on a free JAMB form scheme and yesterday released guidelines for candidates wishing to participate in the scheme for the year 2017/2018.
A press statement issued in Port Harcourt and signed by Mr. Parry Saroh Benson, the spokesperson to Senator Abe, advised prospective JAMB candidates from Rivers South East Senatorial District applying for the scheme to liaise with principals/heads of secondary schools in their respective local government areas for possible nomination.
The statement said that only the best students among the applicants to benefit from the scheme, adding that “The principals/heads of secondary schools shall forward the name(s) of only their best students to benefit from the Distinguished Senator Magnus Ngei Abe’s free JAMB form scheme 2017/2018 edition.”
In addition, the applicants should also liaise with stakeholders in their respective wards/communities for onward screening and short-listing among the best students.
It also enjoined the screening authorities to be fair to the applicants as well as consider candidates who were computer literate as JAMB examination was computer-based to avoid a waste of chances, recalling that JAMB had commenced the sales of forms throughout the federation on Monday March 20, 2017.
