Prof. ‘Dibu Ojerinde
With the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) scheduled to hold today, the atmosphere seems set with the deployment of security operatives across the country. The Registrar/Chief Executive of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. ‘Dibu Ojerinde, had earlier in the week allayed the fears of Nigerians, particularly the candidates, when he said that the State Security Services (SSS), Police, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other security agencies have been engaged to avert problem.
He said a total of 1,503,931 candidates were registered for the 2012 UTME, making it the one with the highest number of registered candidates since the existence of JAMB.
This year’s UTME, according to Ojerinde, will hold simultaneously in 375 towns in Nigeria and six foreign centres, namely Accra in Ghana , Buea in Republic of Cameroon, Cotonou in Republic of Benin, London in the United Kingdom, Jeddah in Saudi Arabia and Johannesburg in South Africa .
On the updating of the biometric fingerprint, the JAMB boss said: “In spite of some reported cases of malfunctioning of machine and late coming by some officials who are charged with the responsibility of managing the biometric machine, in this year’s examination, the biometric machine to be deployed is technically faster than the one used in 2011. It takes only a fraction of a second to get the machine to initialise, using candidate’s examination centre code.”
He appealed to supervisors and invigilators to avoid any sharp practises adding that: “The board on its part is determined to ensure that all officials engaged in the conduct of the examination are held responsible for any lapses during the examination and the full weight of the law will be brought to bear on any erring official.”
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