Students In Kano Protest Mass UTME Failure
Examination on Monday in Kano staged a peaceful demonstration against
mass failure and with holding of their results.
The students stormed the premises of the Federal Radio Corporation of
Nigeria in Kano on motorcycles around noon and carried placards and
green leaves to show their anger.
Spokesman for the candidates, Haruna Maidabam, described the with
holding of their results as a deliberate attempt to deny them the
opportunity to further their studies.
According to him, more than 10, 000 students who sat for the
examination in Kano metropolis have yet to access their results.
Maidabam said when the results were released last week, they went to
the zonal office of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in Kano
(JAMB) to complain but were directed to go and repeat the thumb
printing for verification.
''There is no reason for any verification of thumb- print,'' he said.
He called on the authorities concerned to do something urgently to
address their predicament.
When contacted, the JAMB Zonal Coordinator, Hajiya Karimatu Abubakar,
described the incident as unfortunate and attributed it to "some
technical hitches".
Abubakar said as soon as the hitches were rectified, the issue would
be resolved. (NAN)
Source: Vanguard
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