“It is not our wish to join the slanging match or take sides at this stage.'
says it would not take sides in the controversy surrounding the alleged manipulation of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination test scores by Ejikeme Mmesoma, a candidate in the examination.the candidate of allegedly manipulating her UTME results and inflating the scores from 249 to 362. But the candidate insisted that the 362 was the score she received both on the JAMB website and in the SMS sent to her by the board.
Mr Nwosu said Miss Mmesoma had gone to the office of State Commissioner for Education, Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, with her UTME result, to protest that JAMB did not recognise her as the candidate with the highest score. He said JAMB subsequently invited authorities of the State Security Service to investigate the matter and make its findings.
Mr Nwosu, however, said that the government had decided to undertake an “independent investigation” into the matter before declaring its stand.“It is not our wish to join the slanging match or take sides at this stage. But as a responsible government, we have decided to undertake an independent investigation into the matter,” the commissioner said.Mr Nwosu said the state government has set up a committee of inquiry to “thoroughly” investigate the matter.
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