JAMB clears air on posting candidates outside chosen exam towns

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has denied that they posted candidates to centres outside the towns they selected.

This was contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja by JAMB’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin.

Benjamin noted that candidates are always assigned to centres within their chosen towns based on available Computer-Based Test facilities.

Benjamin emphasised that the Board prioritises candidates’ convenience, ensuring that their examination locations align with their preferences among listed options.

He stressed that candidates retain the right to choose their exam towns, and JAMB strictly adheres to those choices when making centre assignments.

“It is our firm belief that some parents are continually being deceived, misled, and defrauded by their wards and some secondary school proprietors who perpetuate this falsehood.

“Let it be unequivocally clear: at the time of registration, candidates have the right to select their preferred examination town. JAMB subsequently assigns them to a centre within the selected town.

“The baseless claim that candidates are posted to towns different from their choices is erroneous, malicious, and aimed solely at tarnishing the Board’s reputation. It does not happen.

“The Board therefore challenges this false yet popular narrative by offering a handsome financial reward to anyone who can provide authentic proof of even one candidate who has been posted outside their chosen town,” he said.