The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, Ibrahim Magu, said on Tuesday that the commission would
not spare any vice-chancellor found culpable in the alleged N5.77m
furniture allowance scam.
Magu said this while speaking with newsmen during a visit to the
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board headquarters in Abuja.
The acting chairman also noted that it was “too early to talk
about the commission’s probe of past JAMB registrars concerning
remittances to the Federal Government.”
The EFCC had been reported in August 2017 to have begun a probe
of some vice-chancellors and bursars for taking N480,000 and
N90,000 Duty Tour Allowance which culminated into N5.77m.
It had been reported that the EFCC chairman met with the
concerned vice-chancellors and bursars as part of the
investigations.
Magu said on Tuesday that none of the culpable vice-chancellors
would be spared.
“It is too early for me to comment on this issue (whether we are
beaming our searchlight on past JAMB registrars). But we are
working on it. On the vice-chancellors, we will not spare
anybody.”
The JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, said the board would
cooperate with the EFCC in fighting corruption in the form of
examination malpractices.
He said, “We have in our custody some people who broke into our
Virtual Private Network. They created very-small-aperture terminal
in Osogbo and Ilesha, Osun State, and broadcast across the country.
These people are young boys and girls. They are only concerned
about the money they get and not about the effects of their corrupt
practices.”
The registrar noted that a total of 1,451,691 candidates had
registered for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination,
while 39,663 were Direct Entry candidates.
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, Ibrahim Magu, said on Tuesday that the commission would
not spare any vice-chancellor found culpable in the alleged N5.77m
furniture allowance scam.
Magu said this while speaking with newsmen during a visit to the
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board headquarters in Abuja.
The acting chairman also noted that it was “too early to talk
about the commission’s probe of past JAMB registrars concerning
remittances to the Federal Government.”
The EFCC had been reported in August 2017 to have begun a probe
of some vice-chancellors and bursars for taking N480,000 and
N90,000 Duty Tour Allowance which culminated into N5.77m.
It had been reported that the EFCC chairman met with the
concerned vice-chancellors and bursars as part of the
investigations.
Magu said on Tuesday that none of the culpable vice-chancellors
would be spared.
“It is too early for me to comment on this issue (whether we are
beaming our searchlight on past JAMB registrars). But we are
working on it. On the vice-chancellors, we will not spare
anybody.”
The JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, said the board would
cooperate with the EFCC in fighting corruption in the form of
examination malpractices.
He said, “We have in our custody some people who broke into our
Virtual Private Network. They created very-small-aperture terminal
in Osogbo and Ilesha, Osun State, and broadcast across the country.
These people are young boys and girls. They are only concerned
about the money they get and not about the effects of their corrupt
practices.”
The registrar noted that a total of 1,451,691 candidates had
registered for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination,
while 39,663 were Direct Entry candidates.
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