*Says JAMB Is Not A Revenue Generating Agency
*Demands The Audited Accounts Of Jamb For The Years 2018, 2019 And
2020.
*Demands The Total Number Of Students That Sat For The UTME Or Any
Other Exam Conducted By Jamb For Each Of The Years 2018, 2019 And
2020.
*Demands The Total Income Generated By Jamb For Each Of The Years
2018, 2019 And 2020 For The Sale Of UTME Forms.
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A Non-Governmental Organization, the Centre for Transparency and
Defence of Human Rights (CTDHR), has written the Joint Admissions
and Matriculation Board (JAMB) over the fees that admission seekers
are charged by the Board which the Organization described as
“exorbitant”.
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In a letter sighted by Nairalaw dated 24th August, 2021
signed by its President, Olukunle Ogheneovo Edun, and addressed to
the Registrar of the Board, CTDHR said the Board is not a
revenue-generating agency.
CTDHR is an organization that advocates for and entrench
accountability, transparency and adherence to the rule of law in
the performance of public duties by public entities and officials.
The Group argued that the exhortant charged are in contravention of
right of admission seekers
“The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board was established
pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 of the Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board Act (Cap.J1) Laws of the Federation of Nigeria,
2010. Its functions are well spelt out in the provisions of Section
5 thereof. A joint reading of the general provisions of the Act
will clearly indicate that JAMB was never the intended by the law
makers to be a revenue-generating agency of the Federal Government
of Nigeria.
“It, therefore, becomes very worrying when recent activities of
JAMB confirmed that over the years JAMB has been declaring billions
of naira as profit and such monies remitted to the Single Treasury
Account of the federal government instead of using it to subsidize
the fees charged by poor Nigerian students seeking admission
through JAMB. The Vanguard newspaper of August 23, 2018 was replete
with a shocking headline of “JAMB’s N15.6 billion profit after tax”
within two years of the administration of the respected Prof.
Oloyede. While, we commend the integrity and patriotism of the
Prof. Oloyede led administration of JAMB in making open declaration
of this profit, unlike his predecessors, we make bold to state that
converting JAMB to a revenue-generating agency of the federal
government is in violent breach of the salient provisions of the
Act establishing JAMB and an infringement of the constitutional
rights of Nigerian students seeking admission into universities and
other higher institutions of learning, who are made to pay very
exorbitant fees for JAMB’s UTMEs examinations.” the group said
CTDHR further argued that the charging policy of JAMB is unfair,
inhuman and intended to frustrate struggling Nigerian students from
attaining university education. They added that the activities of
JAMB is oppressive and an affront on the provisions of Section
18(1) and (3) of Chapter II of the Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as amended.
They said, “It is now very obvious that it is the exorbitant
fees paid by the poor Nigerian students that yielded the
multi-billion naira profits made by JAMB between the years 2018
-2020. One wonders where the previous billions of naira went to
prior 2018. For the 2019 and 2020 UTMEs examinations JAMB charged
each student huge sums in the year 2020 JAMB again declared huge
profit. In a in country where the National Minimum wage is
N30,000.00 (Thirty Thousand naira), the charging policy of JAMB is
unfair, inhuman and intended to frustrate struggling Nigerian
students from attaining university education.
“It beats one’s imagination how JAMB will conduct UTME
examinations for those who had previously sat for the exams and
passed but for no fault of their could not meet the high cut of
marks set by Nigerian universities, whose total intake capacity is
less than 50% of the total number of students that pass JAMB
examinations each year. By this JAMB has succeeded in making many
Nigerian students seeking higher institutions admission to
perpetually sit for JAMB UTME and thereby continue to increase the
profit of JAMB.
“CENTRAD-HR strongly views the activities of JAMB as oppressive
and an affront on the provisions of Section 18(1) and (3) of
Chapter II of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,
1999, as amended which provides that
(1) ‘Government shall direct its policy towards ensuring that there
are equal and adequate educational opportunities at all levels.
(3) Governments shall strive to eradicate illiteracy, and to
this end Government shall as and when practicable provide …free
university education’. ”
CTDHR therefore demands the audited accounts of JAMB for the
years 2018, 2019 and 2020.l and also the total number of students
that sat for the UTME or any other exam conducted by JAMB for each
of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020.
They also demanded for the total income generated by JAMB for
each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 for the sale of UTME forms
and the total sum received by JAMB from the federation accounts for
each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020.
The Group warned that if the letter is not responded to within
31 days, they will sue.
“Please, be informed that should we not be in receipt of these
information/documents within 31 DAYS of your receipt of this
letter, CTDHR shall deem it that you have accepted the truth of the
facts stated herein and shall proceed to the Federal High Court of
Nigeria to seek for the appropriate judicial interventions which
may include but certainly not limited to a declaration of the
ill-advised JAMB’s profit making venture as unconstitutional and
illegal; injunctive relief stopping further imposition of
exorbitant fees on Nigerian students seeking admission and a refund
of the fees collected to the students.” The group stated
*Says JAMB Is Not A Revenue Generating Agency
*Demands The Audited Accounts Of Jamb For The Years 2018, 2019 And
2020.
*Demands The Total Number Of Students That Sat For The UTME Or Any
Other Exam Conducted By Jamb For Each Of The Years 2018, 2019 And
2020.
*Demands The Total Income Generated By Jamb For Each Of The Years
2018, 2019 And 2020 For The Sale Of UTME Forms.
A Non-Governmental Organization, the Centre for Transparency and
Defence of Human Rights (CTDHR), has written the Joint Admissions
and Matriculation Board (JAMB) over the fees that admission seekers
are charged by the Board which the Organization described as
“exorbitant”.
In a letter sighted by Nairalaw dated 24th August, 2021
signed by its President, Olukunle Ogheneovo Edun, and addressed to
the Registrar of the Board, CTDHR said the Board is not a
revenue-generating agency.
CTDHR is an organization that advocates for and entrench
accountability, transparency and adherence to the rule of law in
the performance of public duties by public entities and officials.
The Group argued that the exhortant charged are in contravention of
right of admission seekers
“The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board was established
pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 of the Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board Act (Cap.J1) Laws of the Federation of Nigeria,
2010. Its functions are well spelt out in the provisions of Section
5 thereof. A joint reading of the general provisions of the Act
will clearly indicate that JAMB was never the intended by the law
makers to be a revenue-generating agency of the Federal Government
of Nigeria.
“It, therefore, becomes very worrying when recent activities of
JAMB confirmed that over the years JAMB has been declaring billions
of naira as profit and such monies remitted to the Single Treasury
Account of the federal government instead of using it to subsidize
the fees charged by poor Nigerian students seeking admission
through JAMB. The Vanguard newspaper of August 23, 2018 was replete
with a shocking headline of “JAMB’s N15.6 billion profit after tax”
within two years of the administration of the respected Prof.
Oloyede. While, we commend the integrity and patriotism of the
Prof. Oloyede led administration of JAMB in making open declaration
of this profit, unlike his predecessors, we make bold to state that
converting JAMB to a revenue-generating agency of the federal
government is in violent breach of the salient provisions of the
Act establishing JAMB and an infringement of the constitutional
rights of Nigerian students seeking admission into universities and
other higher institutions of learning, who are made to pay very
exorbitant fees for JAMB’s UTMEs examinations.” the group said
CTDHR further argued that the charging policy of JAMB is unfair,
inhuman and intended to frustrate struggling Nigerian students from
attaining university education. They added that the activities of
JAMB is oppressive and an affront on the provisions of Section
18(1) and (3) of Chapter II of the Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as amended.
They said, “It is now very obvious that it is the exorbitant
fees paid by the poor Nigerian students that yielded the
multi-billion naira profits made by JAMB between the years 2018
-2020. One wonders where the previous billions of naira went to
prior 2018. For the 2019 and 2020 UTMEs examinations JAMB charged
each student huge sums in the year 2020 JAMB again declared huge
profit. In a in country where the National Minimum wage is
N30,000.00 (Thirty Thousand naira), the charging policy of JAMB is
unfair, inhuman and intended to frustrate struggling Nigerian
students from attaining university education.
“It beats one’s imagination how JAMB will conduct UTME
examinations for those who had previously sat for the exams and
passed but for no fault of their could not meet the high cut of
marks set by Nigerian universities, whose total intake capacity is
less than 50% of the total number of students that pass JAMB
examinations each year. By this JAMB has succeeded in making many
Nigerian students seeking higher institutions admission to
perpetually sit for JAMB UTME and thereby continue to increase the
profit of JAMB.
“CENTRAD-HR strongly views the activities of JAMB as oppressive
and an affront on the provisions of Section 18(1) and (3) of
Chapter II of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,
1999, as amended which provides that
(1) ‘Government shall direct its policy towards ensuring that there
are equal and adequate educational opportunities at all levels.
(3) Governments shall strive to eradicate illiteracy, and to
this end Government shall as and when practicable provide …free
university education’. ”
CTDHR therefore demands the audited accounts of JAMB for the
years 2018, 2019 and 2020.l and also the total number of students
that sat for the UTME or any other exam conducted by JAMB for each
of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020.
They also demanded for the total income generated by JAMB for
each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 for the sale of UTME forms
and the total sum received by JAMB from the federation accounts for
each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020.
The Group warned that if the letter is not responded to within
31 days, they will sue.
“Please, be informed that should we not be in receipt of these
information/documents within 31 DAYS of your receipt of this
letter, CTDHR shall deem it that you have accepted the truth of the
facts stated herein and shall proceed to the Federal High Court of
Nigeria to seek for the appropriate judicial interventions which
may include but certainly not limited to a declaration of the
ill-advised JAMB’s profit making venture as unconstitutional and
illegal; injunctive relief stopping further imposition of
exorbitant fees on Nigerian students seeking admission and a refund
of the fees collected to the students.” The group stated