Parents are advised not to register their underage children for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of JAMB, issued the warning in response to a lawsuit brought by Mrs. Ifeanyi Eke against the Board for purportedly offensive texts sent to her 15-year-old daughter while she was registering.
Recall that Mrs. Eke filed a N100 million lawsuit in the Federal High Court of Lagos against JAMB and three other parties for allegedly sending her 15-year-old daughter improper and unsolicited text messages.
However, Oloyede stated that the Board is prepared to meet with the woman in a public interview on Tuesday.
He insisted that the message’s sender was not one of its employees.
The Registrar went on to say that after the event, JAMB informed the security authorities to take the proper measures, but the woman didn’t care and filed a N100 million lawsuit against JAMB.
“The person is not our staff; he is not even a staff member of the center; he is a fellow student,” he declared. He is comparable to a candidate, an undergraduate in a university.
Regarding our data, it is not accessible to anybody. The information was obtained from the minor girl’s phone.
“How did your fifteen-year-old daughter prepare for college now? if she follows the law as she stated. According to current law, you have to attend elementary school for six years, secondary school for six years, and preparatory school for six years. By then, you’ll be eighteen.
“Yet in order to prepare a fifteen-year-old child for a university education, you must have made compromises when you reduce three years.”
“We’re going to meet with her in court, and the judge will determine whether or not she deserves that money.”
According to the JAMB supervisor, the victim’s phone number was obtained at the center since a form needed to be filled out, and the center was contacted in a proper manner.
He went on, “The person must have obtained the number when engaging with her at the center; even the centers do not have access to our information.
We addressed the center’s irresponsibility in granting unauthorized individuals access to the whereabouts of these candidates. Additionally, we advise parents to wait to register for the UTME till their children are mature enough.
We are now announcing that any center that permits a parent to approach the area where the candidates are being vetted will be eliminated.
He said, “Parents cannot ruin their children’s careers because of their emotions and indiscipline.”