JAMB to publish names of impersonators for past 10 years – Registrar

Says it ‘ll expose impersonators who are now in
high places
As 1.99 million candidates register to write
UTME
By Joseph Erunke
ABUJA – THE Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board, JAMB,has said it will soon
compile and released names of people who have
impersonated in its examinations in the past ten
years.

JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede
This came as the board said as it prepares
to commence the 2019 Universal Tertiary
Matriculation Examination, UTME,billed to
take place between April 11 and April 15,a
total of 1,989,181 million candidates have
successfully applied to sit for it.
JAMB’s Registrar,Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed
this yesterday, during a meeting of critical
stakeholders on strategic planning and
preparations for supervision and evaluation of
administration of 2019 UTME.
Oloyede,who decried the continuous
impersonation in JAMB’s examinations despite
the different measures adopted so far by the
board to curb the menace, insisted that the
names of impersonators in the past 10 years
would soon be published to serve as deterrent to
others.
According to him,the development would also
expose many people now in high places who had
in the past impersonated in the board’s
examination.
Hear him:”We are making arrangements to
compile and publish names of all the people that
have impersonated in out examinations in the
past ten years.
“Some of these people impersonated even when
they were already graduates. Some impersonated
as undergraduates.
“They impersonated using different names but the
same fingerprints. Some of them are now in
different high places and by the time we publish
these names,those now in high places will be
exposed,”he said.
While disclosing that JAMB has under his
leadership, introduced some new innovations for
successful conduct of 2019 UTME, enjoined
candidates to ensure they comply with the rules
and regulations of the examinations.
The examination which is expected to kick off
from April 11 through 18th, 2019 would also in-
cooperate candidates that are deaf, blind,
including some prison inmates.
He also said a total of 708 Computer Based Test
centres have been approved by the Board to host
the examination, nationwide.
He insisted that only candidates verified through
biometrics would be allowed to sit for the
examination, just as it noted that those whose
fingerprints may not have been captured properly
but can authenticate their identity may have to
travel down to JAMB headquarter in Abuja, where
they would write the examination.
Oloyode said any candidate who fell under such
category would be catered for appropriately,
including their transportation and other logistics
but they would be required to take the
examination under the Registrar’s presence.
He said: “Any candidate that cannot be verified
by BVM must not be allowed to take the
examination under any guise. BVM is the only
form of attendance register.
“No Biometric Verification, No examination.
Discretion is not allowed on this matter.
“All candidates whose fingerprints could not be
captured during registration from centres across
the country will be brought to JAMB
Headquarters to take the examination and JAMB
will pay for their transportation for the two trips.”
On new innovations for the UTME, Oloyode said:
“a separate indicator had also been created for
the deaf to differentiate them for special
attention at the examination centre. Efforts are on
to provide the option of special centres or
mainstreaming for the blind.
“We now have live report on centres that
registered any candidate, the time the candidate
was registered, who registered the candidate,
computer system used, the location of
registration.
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“All these are done through our enhanced
monitoring system. I want to warn candidates
expected to sit for its examination to ensure their
biometrics were taken and verified for the
examination.”