UTME results: JAMB refutes claims on server crash
By Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has refuted claims making the rounds that its server has crashed saying, the results of candidates who participated in its 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) are intact.
Speaking during an interview with newsmen on Wednesday, the board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said that the board had almost completed the screening and would soon release results of deserving candidates.
Benjamin reacted was reacting to speculations in some quarters that the board issued a press statement, explaining that the release of the UTME results was being delayed because its server crashed and that candidates should prepare for another examination.
He said, ”we want to distance ourselves from such malicious and wicked rumours by fraudulent persons, as there is no truth in them.
”We did not issue any press statement concerning crashing of server. All these are antics of desperate persons trying to cause panic and confusion among candidates and the general public.
”We are not going to succumb to such rumours as we remain focused in ensuring that we achieve what we have set out to do.
”After the examination, the board embarked on a screening to determine any form of examination malpractice and infractions by both candidates and examination centres. This is what has been delaying the release of the results’’.
Benjamin urged candidates to be calm and wait for their results to be released soon.
