The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede has criticised the House of Representatives, for falsely accusing the Board of imposing multiple fees on candidates preparing to take the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination UTME.
Professor Oloyede expressed his displeasure while responding to questions on the level of preparations for the mock UTME slated for Saturday, April 9th nationwide.
Professor Oloyede said he was a bit disappointed in the lawmakers, for initiating a probe over an allegation that was baseless and lacking facts, noting that it was a calculated attempt to embarrass the Board and possibly derail it from its core mandate.
Recall that the House of Representatives had in its plenary session recently, took a resolution to probe JAMB over the alleged imposition of multiple fees on candidates, following a motion raised by Honourable Sergius Ogun, PDP-Edo.
The House had listed charges on printing of JAMB result slip, N1000, printing of admission letter N1000, change of institution/course N2500 and retrieving of registration number N1000 as areas it intends to probe the Board.
In his motion, Ogun had stated that section 88(1) and (2) of the Constitution empowers the National Assembly to conduct investigations into the activities of any authority executing or administering laws.
But while writing the allegations off, Oloyede said he expected the lawmakers to be more factual in their allegations, rather than peddling falsehoods that could pass for a calculated attempt to derail the examination agency from its mandate.
Meanwhile, the UTME mock examination is expected to take place this Saturday nationwide.
