JAMB lifts ban on Ondo centres

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has lifted the ban it placed on some special centres in South Senatorial District of Ondo State.
The centres were shut in 2008, following alleged irregularities by some fraudulent examination officials.
The affected local governments are Okitipupa, Irele, Ilaje, Odigbo and Ese-Odo.

The lifting of the ban was sequel to a letter of appeal written and addressed to the Registrar and Chief Executive of JAMB, Prof Dibu Ojerinde, by Senator Boluwaji Kunlere.
Kunlere said: “The closure of the centres had brought untold hardship to thousands of innocent applicants seeking admission to higher institutions through JAMB.

“I would like to inform you that the perpetrators who were not indigenes of the areas must have learnt their lessons and desist from the ignoble acts.”
The board said the suspension takes effect from the 2013 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).