Registrar of the Joint Admissions
and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Ishaq Oloyede, has claimed that the N36m
that was allegedly swallowed by a snake from the board’s office in Makurdi went
missing before he came on board.
According to him, the said money
was stolen before his appointment as the Registrar.
Speaking on Focus, a programme on AIT, Oloyede said it is totally wrong to label JAMB
as a stinking organisation.
He said, “In the case of the
snake swallowing money, I think what happened was something that happened
towards the tail end of 2016.
“I came in later part of 2016 and
my mandate was to correct things that were not properly done. But I had the
fortune or misfortune of having those selling the scratch cards prior to my
appointment to give account since we stopped the sale of the scratch cards.
“And in the course of our
investigation, some nasty stories were being told, which, of course we didn’t
buy and that was why we took the appropriate decision.
“To us in JAMB, it was an old
story because it wasn’t a recent issue, it happened few months after I came on
board.
“When they could not account for
the money, I had to invite them and to tell us what happened to the money.
“They were more ridiculous
stories than the snake swallowing money story. In fact, some of the stories
that entered the media were even smaller than what I heard in the course of my
investigation.
“We have 1,500 staff members;
there are wonderful individuals among them so I wouldn’t want to dent their
images by mentioning those revelations that came up.
“We had a story of some
invigilators, who went for invigilation and were giving N1m to allow students
indulge in examination malpractice, because their lives were in danger, they
accepted the money and deposited in JAMB’s account, that are the people we
should celebrate and those saying spiritual snake swallowed their money.”
Why don't you exposed them for their criminality?? To save as deterrence to the others
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