JAMB Indicts 17 Senior Officials For Admission Racketeering

*Affected Staff To Face Sanction As Oloyede Vows To
Prosecute Offenders

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says 17
staff of the Board are currently under investigation for alleged
admission racketeering.

JAMB Registrar Prof Is-haq Oloyede has vowed to prosecute
admission offenders and warned against inducement and bribe-taking
by either staff, candidates or their parents.

On March 17, two staff of JAMB were arrested and paraded before
newsmen for extorting money from Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination candidates with the promise to help them secure
university admission.

One of the staff, a level 12 officer in Delta State JAMB office,
was said to have collected N500,000 from the parents of four
candidates, out of which he paid the second staff to help
facilitate their admission.

JAMB, in its weekly bulletin dated March 22, said 17 members of
staff have been alleged to be part of the admission infraction,
adding: ‘One thing that gladdens the Board is that only a few have
denied their involvement despite available evidence.’

Among the staff alleged to have been involved in admission
infraction include two assistant directors, two chief admin
officers, three assistant chief admin officers, four principal
admin officers, four senior admin officers, one admin officer 1 and
a chief clerical officer.

Oloyede, who expressed surprise that the affected staff had
brazenly disregarded the Board’s zero tolerance for corruption,
vowed to ensure that they face the full wrath of the law.

‘The admission exercise into tertiary institutions has been
fully automated. Therefore, any staff or any other person, for that
matter, who knows about the admission process, can reasonably
predict who can be admitted.

‘If your child is qualified, he would be admitted and that is
why we have provided a solution that enables candidates to check
their admission status online.

‘What is happening now is that people know those that will be
admitted based on the performance of such candidates, among others,
and they will go and extort money from the parents of these
candidates who had already been slated for admission.’

Prof Oloyede called on parents and candidates not to fall for
the antics of anyone wishing to extort money from them in the guise
of helping to secure admission for their wards in their
institutions of choice as the system is now fully automated.

He warned parents and candidates from exhibiting acts of
desperation which could make them fall victims of criminal elements
declaring that Central Admission Process System (CAPS) had
automated the admission platform in such a way that no individual
could assist any candidate if he/she is not qualified to be so
admitted.

Oloyede cautioned members of staff of the Board against engaging
in shady deals stating that the Board would not spare anyone found
to have indulged in acts contrary to its operational code.

The Registrar stressed that the Board has zero tolerance for
corruption and expects its staff to be above board by upholding the
provisions of the code. He said as a tradition, staff found to have
breached the code of ethics of the Board are punished more severely
than their external collaborators.

He explained that the Board would de-admit any candidate who
directly or indirectly or on whose behalf any gratification is
offered to any of the key players in the admission process. He also
promised to reward any candidate who blows the whistle on any
compromised stakeholder.

‘Anybody who engages in sharp practices, no matter who the
person is, shall not be protected by the Board because it has zero
tolerance for corruption,’ he said.

*Affected Staff To Face Sanction As Oloyede Vows To
Prosecute Offenders

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says 17
staff of the Board are currently under investigation for alleged
admission racketeering.

JAMB Registrar Prof Is-haq Oloyede has vowed to prosecute
admission offenders and warned against inducement and bribe-taking
by either staff, candidates or their parents.

On March 17, two staff of JAMB were arrested and paraded before
newsmen for extorting money from Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination candidates with the promise to help them secure
university admission.

One of the staff, a level 12 officer in Delta State JAMB office,
was said to have collected N500,000 from the parents of four
candidates, out of which he paid the second staff to help
facilitate their admission.

JAMB, in its weekly bulletin dated March 22, said 17 members of
staff have been alleged to be part of the admission infraction,
adding: ‘One thing that gladdens the Board is that only a few have
denied their involvement despite available evidence.’

Among the staff alleged to have been involved in admission
infraction include two assistant directors, two chief admin
officers, three assistant chief admin officers, four principal
admin officers, four senior admin officers, one admin officer 1 and
a chief clerical officer.

Oloyede, who expressed surprise that the affected staff had
brazenly disregarded the Board’s zero tolerance for corruption,
vowed to ensure that they face the full wrath of the law.

‘The admission exercise into tertiary institutions has been
fully automated. Therefore, any staff or any other person, for that
matter, who knows about the admission process, can reasonably
predict who can be admitted.

‘If your child is qualified, he would be admitted and that is
why we have provided a solution that enables candidates to check
their admission status online.

‘What is happening now is that people know those that will be
admitted based on the performance of such candidates, among others,
and they will go and extort money from the parents of these
candidates who had already been slated for admission.’

Prof Oloyede called on parents and candidates not to fall for
the antics of anyone wishing to extort money from them in the guise
of helping to secure admission for their wards in their
institutions of choice as the system is now fully automated.

He warned parents and candidates from exhibiting acts of
desperation which could make them fall victims of criminal elements
declaring that Central Admission Process System (CAPS) had
automated the admission platform in such a way that no individual
could assist any candidate if he/she is not qualified to be so
admitted.

Oloyede cautioned members of staff of the Board against engaging
in shady deals stating that the Board would not spare anyone found
to have indulged in acts contrary to its operational code.

The Registrar stressed that the Board has zero tolerance for
corruption and expects its staff to be above board by upholding the
provisions of the code. He said as a tradition, staff found to have
breached the code of ethics of the Board are punished more severely
than their external collaborators.

He explained that the Board would de-admit any candidate who
directly or indirectly or on whose behalf any gratification is
offered to any of the key players in the admission process. He also
promised to reward any candidate who blows the whistle on any
compromised stakeholder.

‘Anybody who engages in sharp practices, no matter who the
person is, shall not be protected by the Board because it has zero
tolerance for corruption,’ he said.