Bwari (FCT) - The Joint Admission
and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on
Monday reacted to the 192
complaints received from
candidates who sat for the 2013
Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination (UTME). The Registrar,
Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, at a meeting in
Abuja with some of the candidates
who filed the complaints, said it
was imperative to clear the doubt
of the public about the UTME.
Ojerinde said that there was an
open complaint from the media
which amounted to a threat to the
integrity of the organisation. He
said that out of the 192 candidates
who filed their complaints, 132
candidates requested that their
examination scripts be remarked,
while 63 requested to see their
examination scripts. “We are sure
of what they scored, we are sure
of the situation and we are sure of
the true position of things, even
with those who claimed that we
did not release their results. “But in
the final analysis, you can see that
they did not shade their subjects
correctly, how can we release a
result that is not known to us?.
“That was why we told the
candidates to come on June 10 to
see their papers and here we are,
together with the complainants.
“We have been showing them
their papers and so far, nobody
has won. I can bet you, the
damage done to our integrity is
what we have come to protect.’’
The registrar, who reiterated
JAMB’s determination to ensure
transparency and accountability in
the conduct of its examinations,
added that “we have to be able to
tell the people how we conducted
the exams and how we scored
them. The JAMB boss said the
organisation was not responsible
for the failure of any candidate in
the 2013 UTME, stressing that
rather, the failure was due to
double shedding and not following
proper instructions as required. He
commended the aggrieved
candidates for their boldness in
writing their complaints to JAMB.
He directed that any complainant
who must have paid the requested
amount for the verification should
be refunded. Meanwhile, some of
the complainants told the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after the
meeting that they were not
pleased with the way and manner
the UTME was conducted. A
complainant, Miss Chiamaka
Nnadika, said she was not satisfied
even after seeing her examination
script. Nnadika, however,
commended JAMB for the steps
taken to call for such an exercise.
“Such a meeting should also be
held in the states, instead of
people travelling from the east and
the north to come to Abuja. “It will
be better if JAMB will organise such
meetings in the 36 states of the
federation so that people will
understand their issues better.’’
Another complainant, Mrs Queen
Wuhu, said she was not happy
about the turnout of things. “I was
wondering why I failed my JAMB,
that was why I wrote a complaint
letter to JAMB that I wish to see my
answer script but I was shocked
with the findings that I was
actually the one who made the
mistake by double shedding. “That
means I am going to lose this year
again, I will work harder next
year.’’ Also present at the meeting
were representatives of the Public
Complaints Commission and the
Independent Corrupt Practices
Commission (ICPC). (NAN)

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