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The House of Representatives has resolved to set up an Ad-hoc Committee to investigate the alleged manipulation of UTME results by Miss Ejikeme Mmesoma.
This was sequel to a motion raised by Hon. Awaji-Inombek D. Abiante during plenary on Wednesday
In his lead debate, Hon Abiante observed that the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board,JAMB,is primarily charged with the general control of the conduct of Matriculation Examinationsfor admissions into
Universities,Polytechnics and Colleges of Education in Nigeria.
Meanwhile lawmakers during plenary had also observed that graduating Secondary School leavers and others with prerequisite WAEC, NECO and other qualifying results apply to sit for the UTME through the JAMB every year inorder to gain admission into Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education.
Consequently, the House further noted that students who sat for the UTME are expected to log into the JAMB portal to check their results once released by
the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board.
Lawmakers said they are aware that Miss Ejikeme Mmesoma of Anglican Girls Secondary School, Nnewi,
Anambra State sat for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations and scored 362.
Lawmakers have also informed that they were also aware that on July 2, 2023 JAMB, Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr. Fabian Benjamin made a public pronouncement accusing Miss Ejikeme Mmesoma of
manipulating her UTME results that she actually scored 249 instead of the 362 as claimed.
The House is further aware that Miss. Ejikeme Mmesoma came out to defend herself,that she actually
printed the result from the JAMBB uncharitable and had been a brilliant child all through her Nursery and Tertiary education coming first in all the Examinations she has been taken before the UTME, hence she posited that she is not capable of manipulating her UTME result.
Cognizantof the fact that uploading or downloading result of examinations or polls electronically, in Nigeria, glitches can occur at any time, hence the need to establish the
facts before any blames.
The House has however, expressed worried that Fabian Benjamin, JAMB Head of Public Affairs and Protocol alleged that some of the 2023 UTME Candidates are parading fake scores in order to get undue advantage from the public, hence the need to investigate the allegation.