JAMB: Board Reports Defamatory Campaign, Prompts Investigation

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reported a slanderous campaign against its administration and officials.

According to JAMB's Head of Public Affairs and Protocols, Fabian Benjamin, the libellous campaign was funded by those affected negatively by the board's reforms under the pretence of an anonymous non-governmental organization (NGO). to circulate the concocted allegations.

The perpetrators whose source of illegal income has been blocked disseminated the invented allegations through that NGO. 

Benjamin, in a signed statement, prompted security agencies, especially the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to look into the allegations and disclose their outcome publicly. 

“This is to alert the general public to a well-orchestrated smear campaign against JAMB and its management.

"This sinister campaign is being sponsored by some disgruntled individuals whose unwholesome interests are being affected by the spate of current reforms in JAMB which have successfully blocked their sources of illicit wealth.

“To achieve their nefarious agenda, an unstable shadowy character is being used to launch calculated and vicious attacks against the Board.

“Already, they have concocted some false and totally baseless allegations for which they have contracted an unregistered and faceless NGO to be circulating to various agencies, especially the ICPC, media outlets, and bloggers across the country.

“While we urge the ICPC to investigate the malicious allegations and make its findings public, we also advise the media and members of the public to beware of the shenanigans of these merchants of falsehoods who are hell-bent on tarnishing the hard-earned and positive image of the Board and its leadership.

"The management of the Board will continue to manage the affairs of the organisation with utmost transparency and in line with international best practices regardless of the array of dark and powerful forces working round the clock to pull it down,” Benjamin said.