JAMB won't condone extortion of candidates, says Oloyede

• Published date: 02 February 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has said the board will not tolerate extortion of candidates during the ongoing registration Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

This followed the immediate suspension of two agents, Parkway Project and Digital Partners, for selling JAMB Personal Identification Number (PIN) to applicants at rates higher than the approved N5,700.

Addressing reporters in Lagos on Tuesday while monitoring the registration in some centres, Oloyede said agents helping the board to sell PIN, for the UTME, had no reason to sell above the approved amount. He said there were enough provisions to compensate them adequately.

The JAMB registrar said as of last Friday, over N300 million had been paid out to the vendors as commission.

'Every agent is paid five per cent of the whole amount charged, which is N5,700 and we are surprised that some are selling the PIN for N6,500 or more. That is unacceptable. Every Friday, we pay the agents their commission and as of last Friday, we have paid over N300 million to them,' he said.

He said the board was poised to register over 1.8 million candidates.

Oloyede noted that the board had reduced the number of Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres because it would be better to have few centres helping to conduct the examination, than having...