The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has
debunked criticisms by a former Presidential candidate of the Labour Party,
Peter Obi, over the early resumption time for its Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination.
Recall that Obi in a post on his official X handle on
Sunday, publicly condemned reports of JAMB asking candidates, generally
teenagers, to travel to examination centres as early as 6:30 am despite
security concerns.
Obi described the situation as “reckless,” citing incidents
of accidents and missing candidates and blamed it on what he called Nigeia’s
poor infrastructure in education.
But in a reaction, JAMB clarified that while candidates are
expected to arrive by 6:30 am for verification and clearance, the examinations
officially begin at 8:00 am.
According to the exam body, the early arrival was needed to
prevent late-coming, which could disorganized the exercise.
“Your Excellency, I must assert that our examination is
scheduled to commence at 8:00am, not 6:00 am,” JAMB wrote on X.
“While verification and other clearance processes begins at
6:30am, it is imperative that candidates are afforded adequate time to settle
in before the exam begins.
“Given the tendencies often observed among Nigerians to
arrive late when a start time is set without space for eventuality, this
structured timeline is essential to ensure that all candidates are properly
prepared and can perform to the best of their abilities.”
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