The House of Representatives Wednesday advised the Joint Admission And Matriculation Board (JAMB) to suspend further action on the issue of the alleged manipulation of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result by a candidate, Miss Ejikeme Mmesoma.

The advice was given following the adoption of a motion sponsored by Hon. Awaji-Inombek D. Abiante (PDP, Akwa Ibom).

In adopting the motion, the House also called on JAMB to lift the sanction of barring the candidate from participating in the examination for three years and called for independent examiners to examine the girl’s script to determine her score.

It also resolved to set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate the alleged manipulation and report back in three weeks.

The House equally resolved to probe JAMB facilities with a view to averting such a situation in the future.
It expanded the scope of the committee to probe the issue of special centres for examinations in the country.

Presenting the motion, Abiante said he was aware that Miss Ejikeme Mmesoma of Anglican Girls Secondary School, Nnewi, Anambra State sat for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations and scored 362.

He said on 2nd July 2023, JAMB’s, head of public affairs and protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin made a public pronouncement accusing Miss Ejikeme Mmesoma of manipulating her UTME results that she actually scored 249 instead of 362 as claimed.