The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Monday has disclosed during a statement that it’s secured the conviction of 4 persons for selling the e-PIN for the 2020 unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME) above N4, 700.
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It was gathered, that one among the persons, who was said to be a pastor Mr Ujaku Emem Samuel, his wife, Mrs Peace and two other persons; Mr Opulani Sunupe and Mr Umar Musa Sa’adu, were convicted on Monday by a Magistrate Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State.
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According to the statement by JAMB’s Head of data, the four persons pleaded guilty to the offence and were sentenced to 3 years in prison each.
The federal government had pegged the sale of 2020, UTME/DE application documents at N3, 500, reading text for N500 and N700 for computer-based test centres (CBT) totalling N4, 700.
The statement reads: “No fewer than four persons who are agents of accredited sale outlets arrested by officers of NSCDC, Nasarawa State Command for selling the continued 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) application documents above the prescribed price of N4000 are sentenced to 3 years in prison each.
“Before the commencement of the sale of 2020, UTME/DE application documents on 13th January 2020 the sale outlets and their agents were adequately briefed by the Board on the value and procedures for vending the pins. the worth of the ePINS was fixed at N3500 while that of the Reading Text was N500 totalling N4000.
“A commission of N210 from the N3500 thanks to the Board is given to the sale outlets as a commission on each pin sold to motivate them also as dissuade them from exploiting candidates.
“It would be recalled that the federal government, during a bid to reduce the burden on parents, had directed that the UTME application documents be sold at N3500 down from N5000 charged earlier.
“Therefore, it’s rather unfortunate that in spite of all the warnings and appeals also because of the offer of a fat commission by the Board, some sale agents still deemed it fit to test the resolve of the Board and therefore the federal government by doing the contrary.
“The Board also wish to tell the overall public that it welcomes credible and actionable reports of persons or centres exploiting candidates by selling above the regulated price.”
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