The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has cautioned parents and guardians against in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
The Registrar of JAMB, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, gave the warning while reacting to a suit filed by one Mrs Ifeanyi Eke against the Board over alleged inappropriate text messages sent to her 15-year-old daughter during her registration.
This was contained in a statement by the Board’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin on Wednesday in Abuja.
It would be recalled that Mrs. Eke has filed a N100m suit against JAMB and three others before the Federal High Court in Lagos over alleged unsolicited and inappropriate text messages sent to her 15-year-old daughter.
In an interview with the press on Tuesday, Oloyede said the Board is ready to meet with the woman. He maintained that the sender of the message was not its staff.
He said, “The person is not our staff, he is not even a staff of the center, he is a co-student. He is just like a candidate, an undergraduate in one of the universities.
“And talking about our data, nobody has access to our data. The person got the information from the phone of the underage girl.
“How did your girl of 15 years get ready for university now? If she is law-abiding as she claimed. The law today is that you must spend six years before primary school, six years in primary school, and six years in secondary school. By that time, you are 18.
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