Halt candidates’ manipulation of results – VC urges JAMB.

 By correspondent in Lokoja.

      Prof.Alewo Johnson-Akubo.

      Vice-Chancellor, of Salem University Lokoja.

The Vice-Chancellor, of Salem University Lokoja, Prof. Alewo Johnson-Akubo, has urged the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to urgently checkmate candidates’ manipulation of results.

The vice chancellor, who made the call in an interview with journalists in Lokoja on Monday, said that suppressing such would save the education standard from dwindling.

Our correspondent recalls that JAMB, in a statement on Sunday, said it had withdrawn the result of a candidate of the just-released Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result over alleged manipulation of her scores.

The board had claimed that one Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme inflated her result and announced that she scored 362 in the 2023 UTME.

She was awarded a N3 million scholarship by Chief Innocent Chukwuma, Chairman, of Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing company, and was about to be honored by the Anambra Government before she was exposed.

According to Johnson-Akubo, this development is not good for the image of JAMB and Nigeria as a nation.

He said that the board should rise to the occasion and nip the evil in the bud before it affects the educational standard.

“Certainly, this is a cankerworm that must not be allowed to dwindle our educational standard nor give Nigeria a bad image before the international community.

“It also means that our universities should equally ensure they do a thorough investigation into the status of all candidates admitted for programs to deprive such manipulators of having their ways.

“For us in Salem University Lokoja, JAMB discovery is a blessing to us; more so that we just ended our 2022/2023 academic session with a thanksgiving on Sunday, and have commenced admission into programs for the 2023/2024 session,’’ he said.

Johnson-Akubo, however, said that beginning from July 3, applications into the university’s fully accredited programs such as Law, Accounting, Mass Communication, Geology, and Computer Science would be welcome.”

He advised interested candidates to inculcate the fear of God and truthfulness as they applied for any of the institution’s programs to avoid issues with the management.