Social critic and human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, on Thursday, alleged that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, is over charging students for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.
Yesufu suggested that JAMB might be widening the educational
inequality gap in the country by extorting the poor and vulnerable students.
In a post on her X handle, Yesufu stated that JAMB was not
supposed to be a money making organization.
Her statement followed remark by the Vice President, Kashim
Shettima that Prof Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB Registrar, made over N50bn for the
Federal Government within a year.
Shettima spoke during a public engagement organised by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The Vice President, speaking on the issue of corruption in
the public sector, noted that JAMB never made up to $1m for the Federal
Government before Oloyede assumed office.
However, the statement didn’t go down well with Yesufu, who
suggested that the Education body might be overcharging Nigerian students.
“Let me say what I have said before. JAMB is not supposed to
be a money making organization.
“JAMB making 50bn means JAMB is over charging students.
“I will even call it extortion of poor and vulnerable students
and widening the educational inequality gap,” she wrote on her X handle.
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JAMB is extorting the poor Nigerian, Yesufu is right. Well, what can a poor person do aside praying to God.
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