Following the release of the report of the Commission of
Inquiry set up by the Anambra State Government to look into the case of
inflation of UTME results levied against Anambra student, Mmesoma Ejikeme, the
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in a statement issued by its
spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin said that “it had been vindicated.”
In the report of the panel made available to our
correspondent, Mmesoma confessed to having forged her results unaided.
Initially, JAMB had come under fire for declaring Mmesoma a
fraud.
“The report of an independent and unbiased body, as demanded
by some Nigerians to look into the Mmesoma saga, has vindicated the Board. This
has further reinforced the position of the Board that its system was not and
cannot be compromised. It is to be noted that the Board has built a reputation
in terms of the conduct of credible examinations over the years and cannot
afford to fail the nation at this critical juncture of its development,” the
board said in the statement
Speaking further, JAMB noted that it would not relent in its
activities while urging Nigerians to celebrate Umeh Kamsiyochukwu on her
brilliant feat of being the 2023 UTME top scorer.
“However, in spite of
all the posturing of its detractors, the Board remains resolute and
uncompromising in its commitment to give Nigeria the best as far as credible
and fair assessment is concerned.
“For the benefit of those who are still doubting the
capacity of Ms. Mmesoma to commit this egregious crime and those who are
pushing the narrative that the girl is just 16 years old even against all
available data that indicate her age as an adult of 19 years, Ms. Mmesoma has
owned up to committing the heinous infraction, which was carefully crafted to
destroy the very foundation of one of the nation’s agencies charged with the
critical role of apportioning the limited educational resource of the nation based
on fairness equity and integrity.
“One vital lesson that Nigerians should learn from the
imbroglio, is to learn to appreciate the genuine efforts of their critical
national institutions to chart the course of national rebirth. Hence, this
attitude of attacking everything that makes the nation proud even by people who
should know better, is disheartening. The flip side of this is to infer that
some ethnic jingoists had perhaps been elevated to public office and
recognition beyond their mental and emotional capacity.
“To those who have sent apologies after seeing the truth, we
call on them to continue to believe in the capacity of the Board to deliver. We
commend Anambra State Government for its patriotic and unbiased posture all
through the period of the national challenge.
“Let us all put our hands together to build the Nigeria of
our dreams as we congratulate Miss Kamyosikwu Chinyere Uche as the best scorer
in the 2023 UTME exercise,” JAMB said.
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