Evaristus
JAMB MISSING MONEY
Feb 14 2018 at 09:31am
The development came barely one week after the
board uncovered a N36 million fraud allegedly
perpetrated by its Benue State sales clerk,
Philomena.
Tanko was said to have embezzled the money he
generated from the sale of the scratch cards
hitherto used by candidates to either gain access
to the JAMB website for registration or other
services.
JAMB spokesman, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, told
newsmen in Abuja that the former Nasarawa
State coordinator had apologised to the JAMB
audit team for his inability to account for the
money for unknown reasons.
The officer, in his confessional statement, claimed
that the unsold scratch cards were burnt when
he was involved in a car crash, even as he failed
to account for the ones he sold before a ban was
placed on the use of scratch cards in 2016.
JAMB’s head of media said that the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the
police had been invited to assist in recovering
money allegedly stolen by its officials in the Abuja
headquarters and the state offices.
He said: “In JAMB, we have nothing to hide. We
run an open door system, where the public must
have unfettered access to information, positive or
negative, present or past.
“The fact remains that the officer in question in
our Benue office and many others found in
similar situations in some other states diverted
the funds before the coming of Oloyede.
“But, be that as it may, management is working
assiduously to arrest and hand over to the
appropriate quarters this snake that swallowed
our N36 million and a host of others still in our
system.”
