The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board has revealed that examination boards in Kenya and Uganda are now writing to Nigeria to verify records presented by Nigerian candidates seeking admission into tertiary institutions in their respective countries.
They made this known in a document ‘Registrar’s Report on 2023 ADMISSION & 2024 UTME Policy Meeting’ as reported by Channels Television on Wednesday.
According to the document, JAMB stressed the need to protect Nigeria’s tertiary institutions from international disrepute, adding that it would not falsify the records of any students.
Remember that the Federal government recently suspended the verification of degree certificates from Uganda, Kenya, Benin Republic, Togo, and some other countries over allegations of certificate racketeering.
This was after a Nigerian investigative journalist, Umar Audu of Daily Nigeria reporter uncovered how students obtain a degree within six weeks in the Benin Republic.
JAMB had gone further to issue a warning to higher institutions to submit lists of students admitted immediately after matriculation. JAMB however reports that: “Uganda and Kenya examination boards are now writing to JAMB to confirm records presented by candidates for admission of candidates. JAMB would not falsify records.”
The National Youth Service Corps had recently demobilised 54 corps members who were illegally mobilised by the University of Calabar.
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board in collaboration with the National Youth Service Corp are combining efforts to ensure fake degrees, fraudulent admission and illegal mobilisation is combated and flushed from the Nigerian Education system.
