JAMB Warns Parents Against False Admission Allegations

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has urged parents to desist from making baseless allegations against universities over perceived unfair denial of admission to their children. In a statement issued on Sunday by JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, the board addressed several recent complaints, including one involving Mr. Godwin Nsan, who accused the University of Calabar of unjustly denying his son admission. JAMB clarified that the candidate scored 201 in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) with an aggregate of 34%, which fell short of the university’s cut-off marks—55% for merit, 35% for catchment areas, and 35%…