THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) confirmed yesterday that that it was closing in on some former and present senior staff of the Joint Matriculations Board (JAMB) implicated in an alleged N8 billion deal.
An employee of the organisation, Philomina Chieshe, who claimed that a snake swallowed N36 million revenue from scratch cards, is among those slated for trial.
Some of the affected former and present directors of JAMB may also be invited soon by the anti-graft commission.
The handover of the top management staff to the EFCC followed an audit report which alleged that JAMB failed to remit revenue in excess of N8 billion to the Federal Government between 2010 and 2015.
The alleged fraud sum includes unremitted Value Added Tax and Withholding Tax.
The Federal Government, according to sources, was surprised that the new management of JAMB, led by Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, remitted N7.8 billion to the treasury in contrast to the poor showing of the agency between 2010 and 2015.
Based on the development, the government “ordered a forensic audit of the accounts of JAMB from 2010 to 2015.
A top source in EFCC said: “The report of the forensic audit committee was turned in some months ago and subsequently forwarded to the EFCC by the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, for criminal investigation.
“Following the submission of the audit report, the commission set up a crack investigative panel to review the report and take further investigative steps to bring indicted culprits to book.
“We are looking at a number of accounts with suspicious inflows and outflows.
“From the detailed analyses of the accounts, we have identified a few officers that would help our investigations because funds have been traced to their accounts.
“Very soon, we will be inviting them for questioning.
“Among the officers that we may invite are a serving director and a retired director of the examination body.”
The Nation gathered that the anti-graft agency will prosecute a number of officers of JAMB over the loss of revenues from sale of scratch cards by some of the state offices of the examination body.
Another source said: “Among the staff that may be arraigned in court any moment from now is an official based in Makurdi, Philomina Chieshe, who claimed that a snake swallowed N36 million.http://thenationonlineng.net/alleged-n8bn-fraud-efcc-closes-in-on-jamb-directors-employees/
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Jamb exam fee has not increase since the coming of Buhari government. It is prudent management of the current Jamb boss,Just like in the Customs.
Agent of PDP looters in jamb need to be apprehended

They might end up accusing scorpion of swallowing the money this time around.

“We are looking at a number of accounts with suspicious inflows and outflows".




From the aforesaid statement, that Nigerian professor of Tests and Measurement should be the first person to" face the music".




Ask me not the person's name

Trust me, Buhari 2019

Fraud chasing fraud

...this is Nigeria

Snake story may surface again �

Corruption in Nigeria is systemic and endemic.


We need a strong government that can put in place a working system that prevents, track and punish corrupt officials.


Fighting kworuption using EFCC is completely waste of time and should rather be the last resort.

Good development

That's one of the few things I love about a real democracy, where one party does four years, another does four years. it means there is proper "political" audit and not one where a party would spend 20years uninterrupted

EFCC with their selective work....

The snakes.

Regimes after OBJ practically did little on anti-graft. Kudos to PMB, hope he is learning on his mistakes peradventure he is returned in 2019.

ManirBK:
Jamb exam fee has not increase since the coming of Buhari government. It is prudent management of the current Jamb boss,Just like in the Customs.
Agent of PDP looters in jamb need to be apprehended

Fees to check result has increased. You could use a scratch card of #500 thrice to check your result but now it is #1000 and you can check once.

Corruption everywere

Hoodiegee:
...this is Nigeria!!!!


Guys abeg who knows how to get a free usa number here for calls....

All methods I tried didnt work..

Have you tried Nextplus,Textplus, Text Now. Not working here but might work for you.

There is too much money in Jamb but people dont really focus on them, every day jamb regularization, another one is original colored result printing, not to talk of jamb registration and direct entries

Sh1t hole country

Every gouv office frm

Left,right nd center

Are all corrupt

EFCC should beware of JAMB snakes o

Some saboteurs will start condemning
the actions of the government.
Corruption always wants to
fight back.

Hope they probe that snake too

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What type of country is this

Gh

This country is something else. such a comedy.

Anyway see my signature if you have a mobile phone. Something great is awaiting you.