JAMB To Deploy Soldiers ForThe Conduct Of 2017 UTME

JAMB To Deploy Soldiers ForThe Conduct Of 2017 UTME

A statement issued by head, information, Joint Admissions

and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Dr Fabian Benjamin has

revealed that Soldiers would be drafted to the computer based

Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) centres in

some parts of the country to beef up security.

According to the statement, this decision was reached after a

meting between JAMB Registrar, Professor Is-haq O. Oloyede

and Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai in

Abuja.

It said the board had formed a common synergy with the army

to secure the Computer Based Test (CBT) centres with a view

to having a hitch free examination for the 2017 UTME.

“This need became imperative to seek for security intervention

from the army, particularly in turbulent areas,” he said.

Commenting on this, General Buratai stated that some of the

flash points pointed by the registrar were not only safe but

habitable adding that normalcy, particularly in the Northeast

had returned even as he promised to deploy troop for more

surveillance and protection during the examination.