JAMB to compensate UTME candidates posted outside their preferred centres
Concerns over candidates posted outside their preferred examination centres have prompted the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to issue a strong warning against what it describes as persistent misinformation surrounding its examination centre placements.
The board says it would offer a cash reward to anyone who can provide credible evidence that a candidate was posted outside their chosen examination town.
In a statement signed by Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s public communication advisor, the board said candidates are given the liberty to select their preferred examination town at the point of registration.
Contrary to widely circulated claims, the board insisted that no candidate is assigned to a town different from the one they selected.
“Some parents are continually being deceived, misled, and duped by their wards and some secondary school proprietors who continue to propagate the falsehood that JAMB assigns candidates to centres outside their chosen examination towns,” the statement partly reads.
To challenge the “false but popular narrative”, JAMB has promised a cash reward to anyone who can present verifiable proof of such a case.
The evidence, the board added, must be submitted within 96 hours to the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) via WhatsApp on 08056003030 for independent verification.
