Education

JAMB Warns Against Enrollment Of Minors

This is contained in a statement by the Board’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin on Wednesday in Abuja.


13th March 2024 08:44 AM

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has cautioned parents and guardians against enrolling minors in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

This was contained in a statement by the Board’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin on Wednesday in Abuja.

The statement revealed that the Registrar of JAMB, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, gave the warning while reacting to a suit filed by one Mrs. Ifeanyi Eke against the Board over inappropriate text messages sent to her 15-year-old daughter during her registration.

Reacting to the incident, Oloyede said the Board was ready to meet with the woman, maintaining that the sender of the message was not the Board’s staff.

Eke had filed a 100 million Naira suit against JAMB and three others before the Federal High Court in Lagos over alleged unsolicited and inappropriate text messages sent to her 15-year-old daughter.

The Registrar said since the incident happened, JAMB reported to security agencies to take appropriate action but the woman did not care, suing for N100 million at the expense of the child.

He said, “The person is not our staff, he is not even a staff of the centre, he is a co-student. He is just like a candidate, an undergraduate in one of the universities

“And talking about our data, nobody has access to our data. The person got the information from the phone of the underage girl.

“How did your girl of 15 years get ready for university now? If she is law-abiding as she claimed. The law today is that you must spend six years before primary school, six years in primary school and six years in secondary school. By that time, you are 18.