Crisis erupted at the office of the Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in
Lokoja, Kogi State yester-day, when candidates
for the university mat-riculation examination
engaged staff of the board in a brawl over
purported plan to charge fees other than the
approved amount.
Daily Trust gathered that trouble started when the
candidates were asked to pay N100 each to
check for their examination centres.
It was gathered that the candidates who besieged
the board’s office in their hundreds engaged
officials in a free for all fight. Our correspondent
reports that the candidates also brought down
the gate to the office.
One of the candidates, who craved anonymity,
told Daily Trust that after purchasing the JAMB
form from the board, they were asked them to
register at their office with an additional N700.
He said normally, the registration is done online,
‘‘but because they wanted to extort N700 from
each of us, they asked us to come to their office
and we did. Now, we want to check for our
centers and get print-outs for the Saturday
computer based test and they are asking us to
pay N100 each, after collecting N700 from us”.
State Coordinator of JAMB, Mr. Daniel Agbo, sort
the assistance of members of the Civil Defence
Corps (NSCDC) who are located close to the
office to disperse the candidates.
When journalists visited the office, a staff of the
board who refused to disclose her name said the
state coordinator was not around.
She also refused to comment on the issue, saying
the coordinator is the one to speak on it.

dailytrust.com.ng/daily/news/48638-jamb-officials-candidates-clash-over-n100-fees

lol.........gud for them

Wondering what these set of people will do when they gain admission