National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has expressed
resentment over the manner agencies under the education ministry, particularly
the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and the Joint Admission and
Matriculation Board Examination (JAMB) were being run, saying their
operations were embedded in secrecy.
The group also revealed that they
were compiling some disturbing findings in the agencies, which it would soon
forward to the anti-graft agencies for proper investigation. NANS in a
statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Comrade Ezekiel Nwankwo, in Abuja,
noted that it had made frantic efforts over time to make inputs in the
formulation of policies but was rebuffed.
The statement reads in part, “UBEC has consistently
tried to blindfold unsuspecting Nigerians of failure of state governments to
pay-up their counterpart fund to access the fund, while its staff remain enmesh
with corruption allegations. We hereby demand more openness in the
administration of UBEC as it is not a secret cult.
“Also, recently, NANS had cause to call on the
management of JAMB to ensure that the E-testing which it brought was seamless
to ensure that Nigerian students desiring higher education were not extorted
nor made to suffer unduly during the exercise.
“But regrettably, all the advice we offered was
ignored and in place JAMB management clearly demonstrated that they were out to
extort money from students and parents with all manner of charges rather
than providing a credible platform for admitting students. “It is unacceptable
that JAMB sold the examination form for N4,000, and turned around to sell
scratch cards for checking the examination results at N1,500.”
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