JAMB: CSOs hail Oloyede over UTME

Coalition of Civil Society Organizations for Transparency on Governance has hailed the management of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, over the successful conduct of the recent Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

CCSOTG subsequently conferred the title of ‘Ideal Change Agent’ on JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oleyede for the conduct of the examination.

The group, which mission is to hold government and agencies accountable and deliver their mandates to the public, noted that after monitoring the exercise, it concluded that the Oleyede-board has ‘done well’. Executive Director/Convener of the organization, Sabo Odeh made this known at a press conference held in Abuja on yesterday.

Odeh said after observing the Computer Based Test (CBT), which JAMB monitored through closed circuit television (CCTV ) in addition to other traditional assurance system, it was observed that despite the best efforts of JAMB, organization of the UMTE experienced some hitches. He said, “Since these are businesses that deploy their facilities for other uses, the burden is on them to upgrade as necessary since they are not offering their services for free. Our suggestion is that JAMB should explore new partnerships with a view to delisting centres that have proven problematic.”