jambed: Students from different parts of Lagos State, on the platform of Association of Tutorial Colleges of Nigeria, protesting the results of Joint Admission Matriculation Board, JAMB’s Computer-Based Test, CBT, at Lagos State House of Assembly, yesterday. Photo: Bunmi Azeez.
By Ike Uchechukwu
CALABAR—Prospective candidates for the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, JAMB, examination in Cross River State, frustrated by the cumbersome registration process, blocked major roads and the popular Mary Slessor Roundabout in Calabar, yesterday, in protest.
The candidates who blocked the Mary Slessor Roundabout, one lane on Marian Road just opposite the JAMB office and the Barracks Road by Marian, appealed that something be done about the rigorous nature of the registration exercise.
The situation, Vanguard observed, forced the diversion of traffic, resulting in an unusual traffic gridlock in adjoining roads and the roundabout.
Vanguard also observed the presence of policemen and other security operatives who tried to bring the situation under control. They managed to diffuse tension and the process of registration continued.
One of the protesters who pleaded anonymity, explained that the new process introduced by JAMB was too cumbersome and frustrating
His words: “To register, you first of all create a profile with JAMB with an e-mail address. Then JAMB will send a confirmation to the e-mail address and you now click on the link of that confirmation and it will send you to JAMB portal and from there, you create a profile, which you will print out and do a remittal, which you will take to the bank to pay N700.
“You make this payment along side the N5, 500 at the bank for the JAMB form. So the total is N6, 200. You now bring that remittal back to JAMB office for registration. You can see how crazy the crowd is here. It is the same thing when you go to the bank. The process is too cumbersome and stressful. We beg them to make it easier for us.
“For the bank to even sort out your pin is something else. I have been trying for weeks, yet I have not been able to complete the process.
“We are paying cybercafé charges, transportation up and down and sundry charges here and there, and most times, we do not even succeed. It is a big problem for us and something should be done about it as soon as possible. I will advise that this kind of process should be discontinued in the next JAMB registration,” he stated.
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