The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has denied cancelling
results of candidates that sat for the 2020 UTME on Saturday, March 14 and Monday,
March 16.
The board made the clarification in reaction to rumours in certain quarters
that it has cancelled the results of some candidates.
JAMB’s head of Media and Information, Dr. Fabian Benjamin made the denial
on Wednesday in Lagos during an interview with NAN.
He described the rumours as wicked, malicious and misleading noting that it
is the handiwork of fraudsters.
“JAMB wishes to reassure all candidates who have written this year’s
Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) so far that it has not
cancelled any of its examination or results.
All results that have been released so far are intact and therefore there
is no need for any panic whatsoever.”
Dr. Benjamin also confirmed that the results of candidates that wrote the UTME on Monday have been released, adding that they can now check their results.
“Results of the 469,000 candidates who wrote on Monday have been released
and candidates are to check their results by typing ‘RESULT’ and sending to
55019 with their unique telephone numbers for their scores.
“They should not check their results on the internet as the portal had been
shut, following an attempt by some fraudsters to alter results of candidates.
“The board is already investigating the activities of these criminals and
will not fail to take very drastic action against those that are behind this,”
Benjamin said.
Benjamin also responded to complaints by some candidates and stakeholders
that the board was deliberately posting candidates to centres far away from
their areas of residence.
He said JAMB would not go beyond the carrying capacity of any centre all in a bid to fulfil the aspirations of candidates seeking to take the examination there.
“Let me simply clarify here that JAMB does not post candidates just
anywhere.
“It is the candidates that chose their examination towns and once centres
in that examination towns are filled, they are withdrawn from the net and
candidates are then sent to other centres closest to such examination towns.
”It is not a deliberate act on our side,” he said.