The Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board, JAMB, says it has yet to
release cut-off marks for placements into
tertiary institutions for the 2017 academic
year.
Head, Media and Information, Dr. Fabian
Benjamin, in a statement on Tuesday, said
that the policy committee meeting
responsible for the marks had not met.
“We want to appeal to all candidates to
jettison such speculations and engage
themselves in more meaningful ventures
that would add value to their future,’’ he
said.
Benjamin said results of the just concluded
2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination had since been released, with a
few others still being previewed.
“We want to appeal to Nigerians to
understand that such candidates whose
results are being previewed may not
necessarily have participated in any
malpractice.
“But rather, centres where they sat for the
examination had issues during the conduct
of examination.
“These issues were reflected on the CCTV
footage and this suggests why they must be
carefully investigated before releasing such
results,” he said.
The official said a school in Abia was
discovered to have connected cables
secretly to a distant hall for hired
mercenaries to write for candidates.
“This is very unfortunate given the fact that
the school is a missionary school and
supposed to be a leading light against
such vices.
“We urge candidates to note that no result
will be withheld without a cogent reason as
this explains why we are taking time to
ensure that those who are innocent
are exonerated.
“Again, candidates are advised not to
patronize any center, office or shop for any
service; please visit our offices in all the 36
states of the Federation and FCT for
any complaint, inquiry or assistance.
“This is also because our attention has also
been drawn to an illegal centre being
operated near our Ikoyi Office in Lagos with
the aim of defrauding innocent candidates.
“This center collects all kinds of fees in cash
for services that are even free. The general
public should note that payments for any of
our services are done via our TSA account
with CBN and not cash.”
