The Home of Representatives has determined to show its searchlights on the authorities of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board over alleged discrepancies within the transfers of funds to the federal authorities.
Chairman of the Home Committee on Primary Training, Hon Oboku Abonsizibe Oforji, defined that the choice adopted noticeable gaps within the accounts of the examination physique and that of the Workplace of the Accountant Normal of the Federation (AGoF).
The Bayelsa state legislature argued that the initiative was aimed toward guaranteeing transparency and accountability within the training sector.
The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who appeared earlier than the committee on Wednesday, defined that his division began remitting income to the Consolidated Income Fund lower than a 12 months after he assumed workplace.
He knowledgeable the committee that JAMB transferred the sum of N7.8 billion in 2017 and adopted it up with N5.2 billion, N3.68 billion, N3.82 billion, N3.5 billion and N3.1 billion in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 respectively.
Oloyede additional advised the lawmakers that beneath his management, JAMB generated inside income of N13.33 billion, N11.35 billion, N9.74 billion and N12.62 billion in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 respectively.
Nonetheless, a discrepancy over N11m was famous with the submission of Mrs. Lucy Anom, who represented the Workplace of the Accountant-Normal of the Federation, prompting the Chairman of the committee, Afoji Obuku, to arrange a sub-committee to analyze the alleged discrepancies to analyze and report. again to the Primary Training Committee.
However, the JAMB boss has opposed the automated deduction by the Federal Authorities of funds as a result of it from the registration charges paid by candidates for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.
Oloyede stated this follow considerably diminished the income contribution to the CRF.
“We’re telling the federal government to not pay us salaries. We generate our personal cash, however this automated deduction impacts our revenue for capital tasks,” he stated.
A member of the committee, Oyedeji Oyeshina (PDP, Oyo) identified that JAMB's income era and remittances to the federation's Consolidated Income Fund had declined since 2019.
However talking, Oloyede defined that beneath the scheme of Internally Generated Income, IGR of the board from 2019 to 2022, there was a major discount in income transfers to the Federal Authorities treasury because of the discount in UTME examination charges -candidates.
He additional defined that the examination price was diminished from N5,000 to N3,500 in 2019, including that the Federal Authorities had initiated the automated deduction of inside income remittances after the discount in examination price was accredited and applied by the board.
The committee, which assured of efficient supervision of the analyzing physique and another businesses, had earlier requested the audited monetary statements, procurement plans, schedule of internally generated income, IGR and proof of remittances from JAMB.
The committee additional directed JAMB to supply it with a complete listing of its workforce for the aim of figuring out its degree of compliance with the Federal Character Precept.
