JOINT Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB,
is on the long queue of organisations waiting for the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, to help them do their work. JAMB wants
EFCC to assist it in stopping examination
malpractices.
Professor Dibu Ojerinde, JAMB’s Registrar, on a
visit to the agency sought its help. It is doubtful if
Professor Ojerinde remembers what the EFCC does.
If his visit was in search of solutions to examination
malpractices, the challenge could have
overwhelmed him to the point that he was seeking
solutions everywhere, excluding the police.
He is not the only one. Everyone invites EFCC to
solve all criminal puzzles. These requests do not
consider the mandate of EFCC, its limited resources
and more limited success in discharging its primary
mandate of fighting financial crimes.
The banks keep perfecting their under-hand
businesses. Government allocations are stolen with
the thieves confident they would face no harm.
Financial transactions are stymied in breaches,
some of which are mysteries to EFCC because of the
sophistication of criminals.
Where will EFCC have the time to add examination
malpractices to its brief?
How many operatives does the EFCC have to
dedicate some to JAMB, possibly posting them to
hundreds of examination centres nationwide? Did
Professor Ojerinde want to be seen to be “on top of
the problem” or was he interested in solutions?
EFCC is gradually becoming a reason for not
getting anything done. When organisations are not
ready to re-assess their internal processes to ensure
they support their work, they run to EFCC, aware
the agency has so much to do, that their case would
not get immediate attention.
Pension scams, electoral frauds, bribe-seeking
legislators, are among cases EFCC noses into with
engaging eagerness that whittles as its resources
dwindle or another major headline breaks. Where
will EFCC fit JAMB in its busy schedule?
JAMB is in the best position to commission security
experts, vast in examination organisation, to guide
its operations. Without the collaboration of JAMB
invigilators and its officials, malpractices would not
be possible. It does not need EFCC to do this.
Except for the current practice of organisations
announcing every intention, a JAMB visit to EFCC
to seek possible collaboration should not be a matter
for publicity as it gives opportunity to criminals to
be ahead of JAMB.
On its part, EFCC should have the modesty to admit
it cannot do everything. It appears consumed by its
over-promoted importance that it has no qualms
delving into cases including marital dispute as long
as anyone can hint at a possible link to a financial
transaction and there are headlines to make.
EFCC needs more focus in its rather daunting
operations.


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