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JAMB Result: Exam Body Tells Candidates What to Do about Discrepancy in UTME Scores, Lists 3 Strong Options
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JAMB Result: Exam Body Tells Candidates What to Do about Discrepancy in UTME Scores, Lists 3 Strong Options

by  Ridwan Adeola 2 min read
  • JAMB's national headquarters has reacted to a claim that there are several tales of manipulation of candidates' results by some unscrupulous staff of the examination body
  • JAMB said in such a situation, 'victims' should visit the Servicom desk at any of its offices in Nigeria
  • The agency stated that another option is for any candidate with a complaint to telephone its national headquarters

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FCT, Abuja - The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Tuesday, July 4, said Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates who are convinced that their results have been tampered with by some dishonest workers in the organisation, should officially lodge their complaints.

Legit.ng reports that a Twitter user, @uc_manly, had claimed that there are several tales of manipulation of candidates' results by some unscrupulous elements in JAMB. The social media user also said that most of the victims don't know where to approach for justice.

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JAMB has told any candidate who has complaints regarding his/her UTME score to officially reach out to them. Photo credits: Prof Is'haq O. Oloyede, Jamb official
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JAMB result: 'Anyone with complaints can come to our office', exam body

Replying to the allegation via its official Twitter handle, @JAMBHQ, the examination body said people who have such complaints can visit https://jamb.gov.ng/support “with necessary proof”.

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The agency assured the public that such cases would be treated confidentially.

JAMB wrote:

“In such situation, visit SERVICOM Desk at any JAMB office closer to you to lodge complaints or visit https://jamb.gov.ng/support with necessary proof or contact JAMB National Headquarters on 08166335513; 08123658955.
"Note that such complaints would be confidentially treated.”

3 things to do on suspected manipulation of candidates' UTME result, according to JAMB

  1. Visit SERVICOM Desk at any JAMB office closer to you to lodge complaints.
  2. Visit https://jamb.gov.ng/support with necessary proof.
  3. Contact JAMB National Headquarters on 08166335513; 08123658955.

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Legit.ng earlier reported that JAMB on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, said it stopped using the print-out being paraded by Anambra candidate, Mmesoma Ejikeme, as her authentic result in 2021.

The examination board also reiterated that the UTME result paraded by “Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma is patently fake.”

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Ridwan Adeola (Current Affairs Editor) Ridwan Adeola Yusuf is a content creator with more than nine years of experience, He is also a Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng. He holds a Higher National Diploma in Mass Communication from the Polytechnic Ibadan, Oyo State (2014). Ridwan previously worked at Africa Check, contributing to fact-checking research works within the organisation. He is an active member of the Academic Excellence Initiative (AEI). In March 2024, Ridwan completed the full Google News Initiative Lab workshop and his effort was recognised with a Certificate of Completion. Email: ridwan.adeola@corp.legit.ng.

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