The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that 21 candidates with fake IJMB results were recommended for 2023 admissions by various institutions.
JAMB, in a policy document obtained by our correspondent in Abuja, mentioned that 12 out of the 21 candidates were recommended by the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State.
“JAMB discovered that 21 candidates who paraded fake IJMB results were recommended during the 2023 admission. They were not approved.
“Twelve of the recommendations were by ABU, Zaria—what an audacious attitude. Recommendations were possible because certificate screening was done after registration. Five institutions were involved in the recommendations; JAMB insists that all certificates must have the signature of the head of the institution (VC/provost/rector).”
The Board in 2021 unveiled the Nigerian Post-Secondary Education Data System verification platform for the verification of IJMB and JUPEB results.
The unveiling followed a professional operation conducted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Education on irregularities and faking of results, as stated in a recent statement by the ICPC about the irregularities in JUPEB Board IJMB examination results, which must be addressed.
JAMB stated in a bulletin that it had become important for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, as the moderator of the two tests, to take appropriate measures and put an end to the unacceptable events.
“These proactive measures as well as others that are in the pipeline are to ensure that the gains recorded in the education sector, especially the examination sub-sector over the years, are not eroded by unscrupulous individuals who do not mean well for Nigeria,” JAMB stated.
