Reps laud JAMB over technology adoption

<p>House of Representatives has commended the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, for the technological innovations deployed by the board for the conduct of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).</p>, <p>Chairman, House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Ejikeme Mmesoma, Rt. Hon. Soli Sada, gave the commendation when the ad-hoc committee visited JAMB headquarters in Abuja, as a follow-up to Ejikeme Mmesoma a 2023 UTME candidate that was accused by the Board of manipulating her result, which later admitted and apologised to JAMB.</p>, <p>Mmesoma had stirred controversy by claiming to be the highest scorer in the examination when she claimed to have scored 362 against her actual score of 249 in the UTME,</p>, <p>Speaking during the visit Sada applauded JAMB for fortifying its operations against criminal infiltrations.</p>, <p>He also congratulated the board for generating enough revenue for the federation account, stating that JAMB was one of the public institutions with quality governance.</p>, <p>“This is one of the institutions that demonstrated the quality of Nigerians that we have in public sector governance of this country.</p>, <p>“What we have seen today in JAMB is a testimony of the quality of public officers that are there and how they are disciplined. No wonder JAMB is generating good revenue for the federation account.</p>, <p>“We as an institution of the parliament, we have come and we have seen and will definitely go back with report to the parliament and see how we can strengthen the capacity of JAMB so that they will continue to provide quality services to the country,” Sada said.</p>, <p>Also speaking, JAMB Registrar, Oloyede, told the committee that from the situation room, the board can be able to communicate with all the states and also relate with the candidates during the examinations.</p>, <p>“From my office, I monitor all the centres, accreditation of CBT centres, I pay attention during registration, monitoring of admissions