The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has appealed to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for operational vehicles to strengthen its nationwide activities, citing mobility challenges in reaching communities and verifying candidates. JAMB Registrar, Professor Segun Aina, made the appeal last Friday during a visit to the Comptroller-General of Customs, Dr.
Adewale Adeniyi, at the NCS headquarters in Maitama, Abuja. Aina said adequate vehicles were essential for the Board to reach local government areas, verify candidates and uphold examination standards across the country. He disclosed that JAMB serves about five million people annually, operates Computer-Based Test centres nationwide and conducts examinations in more than 15 countries.
The Registrar said the visit was aimed at building stronger institutional ties with Customs, adding that the Board was also willing to make its electronic facilities available to the Service. Responding, Adeniyi acknowledged the importance of mobility to JAMB’s nationwide responsibilities and said the Service would explore possible assistance, subject to available resources and the applicable framework.
He also welcomed JAMB’s offer of electronic facilities, noting that Customs officers deployed across the country sometimes need to gather at designated locations for examinations and other official activities. The Customs chief commended JAMB’s adoption of technology, improved efficiency and progress in placing candidates in tertiary institutions, expressing confidence that the new Registrar would sustain the gains.