The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board JAMB, has denied insinuations of imposing multiple fees on candidates preparing to take the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede gave the indication while expressing reservation over the claims by the House of Representatives against the Board on the subject matter.
The House of Representatives had in its plenary session recently, took a resolution to probe JAMB over alleged imposition of multiple fees on candidates, following a motion raised by Honourable Sergius Ogun, PDP-Edo.
Prof Oloyede described the move by the lawmakers as a calculated attempt to embarrass the Board and possibly derail it from its core mandate.
The Jamb boss who has been nominated by Vanguard Newspapers for an award of excellence also indicated measures put in place by the Board to ensure a hitch free Mock UTME.
The Mock UTME is scheduled to hold on Saturday 9th April,2022.
