JAMB Warns Candidates Against Double Registration For Direct Entry, UTME

JAMB Warns Candidates Against Double Registration For Direct Entry, UTME

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it will not condone double registration for Direct Entry and Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
JAMB’s Head of Public Relations, Fabian Benjamin, said this in a signed statement in Abuja on Sunday.
Benjamin described the act of multiple registrations as a serious offence in the process of obtaining the Board’s application forms.
He said a warning had become imperative for people to know and understand that violation of the rule would attract sanctions.
“Candidates are to note that our advertisement for 2017 UTME clearly states the penalty for any candidate caught buying two forms.
“Members of the public are requested to note that any candidate who indulges in double registration will be caught by our software and disqualified.
“The Board is not interested in the candidates’ money as is being insinuated by certain group who suggested to the Board that such registration will enhance the revenue base of the Board.
“No, we are more interested in the credibility of the examination and not the money, if money is our concern we will not be returning over five billion naira to the Federal Government coffers.’’
Benjamin said this year, the Board had so far remitted more than five billion naira to government, the highest ever in the 40 years of its existence.