The Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) has cautioned parents against registering underage children for the unified tertiary examination.
This warning was issued in a statement by the Board’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja.
The statement was made in response to a lawsuit filed by Mrs. Ifeanyi Eke against the Board regarding inappropriate text messages sent to her 15-year-old daughter during registration.
JAMB reported the incident to security agencies, but the mother proceeded to sue for N100 million, disregarding the child’s well-being.
The registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, stated that the Board is willing to meet with the woman and clarified that the message sender was not a JAMB employee.
He said, “The person is not our staff; he is not even a staff of the centre, he is a co-student. He is just like a candidate, an undergraduate at 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.”
It is worth noting that Eke had filed a N100 million lawsuit against JAMB and three other parties at the Federal High Court in Lagos. The lawsuit was in response to unsolicited and inappropriate text messages that were sent to her 15-year-old daughter.</h2>
