JAMB denies releasing 2012/2013 admissions cut-off mark

THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has denied a newspaper report (not the Nigerian Tribune) that it has released 2012 admissions cut-off mark.

Contrary to the alleged report, the board said it had concluded arrangements for hosting the national policy meeting on Monday, May 21, to decide the cut-off points and other admission issues.

JAMB Public Relations Officer, Mr Timothy Oyedeji, in a statement in Abuja, on Wednesday, said the policy meeting would be chaired by the Minister of Education, Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa’i, with vice chancellors, provost, rectors and other critical stakeholders in attendance.

Reacting to the said publication on behalf of the Registrar and Chief Exe-cutive of JAMB, Professor ‘Dibu Ojerinde, Mr Oyedeji said there was no iota of truth in the report and urged the public to ignore any such reports.

Oyedeji said the board was compelled to refute the publication because it would “send wrong signals to some of our stakeholders at this time; hence we insist that your report is rather specu-lative and unfortunate, more so that the crucial policy meeting that would decide on this is just by the corner.”