The Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board has scrapped the use of scratch cards for any of its transactions
and services, describing it as “archaic,” its Registrar/Chief Executive,
Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has announced.
He also demanded that the Federal
Government should revert to the former system where serving
vice-chancellors of universities were made chairmen of the Governing
Board of JAMB.
A statement issued by the spokesperson
for JAMB, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said
Oloyede made the announcement in Abuja in a paper he delivered during a
meeting of the Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian
Universities.
According to him, JAMB would be using
the platform of pin vending to check all forms of fraudulent practices
which was prevalent with the use of scratch cards.
“The decision is as a result of its
consistent subjection to fraudulent practices, the use of scratch cards
is archaic and it is the aim of JAMB to also promote accountability in
line with government’s zero tolerance for corruption. This new system
will be accessible through the options of web payment, ATM issued cards
(Visa, Verve and MasterCard), online quick teller, ATM payment, quick
teller mobile application and Bank Branch case/card,” he emphasised.
Oloyede said in the olden days, the
understanding was that only serving vice-chancellors were made chairmen
of Governing Board of JAMB.
While appealing that government should
go back to the practice from inception, Oloyede added that since the
agency was a creation of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian
universities, it would only be proper for them to be clearly recognised
as active stakeholders to avoid any acrimony between tertiary
institutions and JAMB.
He believed that going back to the old
practices would “engender good synergies and harmonious relationship
with a view to effectively delivering on its mandates.”
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