The development came barely one
week after the board uncovered a N36 million fraud allegedly perpetrated by its
Benue State sales clerk, Philomena.
Tanko was said to have embezzled
the money he generated from the sale of the scratch cards hitherto used by
candidates to either gain access to the JAMB website for registration or other
services.
JAMB spokesman, Dr. Fabian
Benjamin, told newsmen in Abuja that the former Nasarawa State coordinator had
apologised to the JAMB audit team for his inability to account for the money
for unknown reasons.
The officer, in his confessional
statement, claimed that the unsold scratch cards were burnt when he was
involved in a car crash, even as he failed to account for the ones he sold
before a ban was placed on the use of scratch cards in 2016.
JAMB’s head of media said that
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the police had been
invited to assist in recovering money allegedly stolen by its officials in the
Abuja headquarters and the state offices.
He said: “In JAMB, we have
nothing to hide. We run an open door system, where the public must have
unfettered access to information, positive or negative, present or past.
“The fact remains that the
officer in question in our Benue office and many others found in similar
situations in some other states diverted the funds before the coming of
Oloyede.
“But, be that as it may,
management is working assiduously to arrest and hand over to the appropriate
quarters this snake that swallowed our N36 million and a host of others still
in our system.”
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