JAMB Registrar reveals when snake ‘swallowed’ N36m in Benue
Ishaq Oloyede, has claimed that the N36m that was allegedly swallowed
by a snake from the board's office in Makurdi went missing before he
came on board.
According to him, the said money was stolen before his appointment as
the Registrar.
Speaking on Focus, a programme monitored by DAILY POST on AIT, Oloyede
said it is totally wrong to label JAMB as a stinking organisation.
He said, "In the case of the snake swallowing money, I think what
happened was something that happened towards the tail end of 2016.
"I came in later part of 2016 and my mandate was to correct things
that were not properly done. But I had the fortune or misfortune of
having those selling the scratch cards prior to my appointment to give
account since we stopped the sale of the scratch cards.
"And in the course of our investigation, some nasty stories were being
told, which, of course we didn't buy and that was why we took the
appropriate decision.
"To us in JAMB, it was an old story because it wasn't a recent issue,
it happened few months after I came on board.
"When they could not account for the money, I had to invite them and
to tell us what happened to the money.
"They were more ridiculous stories than the snake swallowing money
story. In fact, some of the stories that entered the media were even
smaller than what I heard in the course of my investigation.
"We have 1,500 staff members; there are wonderful individuals among
them so I wouldn't want to dent their images by mentioning those
revelations that came up.
"We had a story of some invigilators, who went for invigilation and
were giving N1m to allow students indulge in examination malpractice,
because their lives were in danger, they accepted the money and
deposited in JAMB's account, that are the people we should celebrate
and those saying spiritual snake swallowed their money."
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