PROSPECTIVE candidates of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, affected by multiple Short Message Service, SMS charges in the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME and Direct Entry, DE, will be reimbursed, the board has said.
Recall, that some candidates have been unable to generate their profile code due to poor network or delayed response from telecommunication service providers even as they are being charged N50 for the attempts made.
But JAMB, speaking on the issue which has caused concerns among affected candidates, assured that nobody’s money would go away free as arrangements have been put in place to refund the excess deductions.
The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who spoke to newsmen, Monday, in Abuja, explained that both JAMB and the telecommunication service providers agreed on the refund.
Oloyede, however, said the refund does not apply to candidates who entered the wrong code while trying to generate their profile codes.
According to him, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and the Nigerian Communications Commission have been drafted to monitor the refund.
