….Says No Registration Extension
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, in Lagos on Tuesday, ordered the suspension of three additional e-pin vendors over alleged extortion of candidates.
Recall that the Board had earlier announced the suspension of E-Tranzact for the same offence.
Oloyede ordered the suspension of the three vendors in Lagos from accounts of transactions and evidence presented by prospective candidates for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Education Examination (UTME) while monitoring the registration exercise.
The JAMB Registrar visited JKK Computers and the West African Examination Council (WAEC) International office along Agidingbi road.
In his interaction with prospective candidates at the JKK Computer Centre along Ikorodu Road, the Registrar was told by two of the candidates that the affected vendors overcharged them by N800 extra.
The male and female candidates informed the Registrar that the vendor charged them N6,500 against the approved N5,700 by JAMB.
At the WAEC International office, two candidates told the Registrar they paid N8700 and 5800 for the purchase of an e-pin approved by the Board for N5700.
The Registrar warned vendors not to toy with the ongoing registration exercise, saying any vendor caught involved in sharp practices will be suspended from further participation in the 2023 registration exercises.
He lamented that no vendor has justification to extort candidates as the Board has generously approved the payment of 5 percent as commission on every e- pin sold on behalf of JAMB.
Addressing the complaint raised by a prospective candidate on the slow pace of registration by JKK Computers, the Registrar urged the centre to increase its registration points from 32 to 100 immediately, saying no candidate should be kept longer than one hour to complete the registration process.
He explained that the projection of the Board is to register about 1.8 million candidates for the test at a minimum of 100,000 per day for 18 days of the one month approved for registration of candidates.
Thus, Prof. Oloyede ruled out an extension for the registration, saying that with the 100,000 registration targets daily, the exercise should be wrapped up in 18 months.
“If we give one month for the exercise that can be concluded in 18 months, I don’t think any candidate has reason or reasons to call for an extension.
Responding to questions on overcharging of candidates by private schools, Prof. Oloyede said the Board has made it clear and published an approved rate for registration, saying that if parents as accomplices chose to pay extra to school owners it means they allowed the school owners to cheat on them.
“Any parent that chooses to give extra outside the approved fee has chosen to be part of corruption. You don’t expect me to cry more than the bereaved. The problem is between such parents and the schools. If we apprehend any vendor that gives in to the sharp practice they will be suspended,” he warned.
Oloyede in his oversight function observed the poor and provocative dress sense of some of the candidates and encouraged them to be properly dressed for every occasion to avoid being molested.
The Registrar encouraged all eligible candidates to take advantage of the one month for registration to do so, saying there will be no extension.
