The Joint admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) yesterday issued a statement calling on telecommunication companies to stop overcharging candidates for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE).
The board said mobile companies should charge only N50 per SMS as agreed.
JAMB Head of Media, Dr Fabian Benjamin said in the statement “The attention of the board has been drawn to multiple SMS charges on candidates phone numbers attempting to register for the 2018 UTME and DE by telecommunications companies enlisted to provide profile code creation services through sending and receiving of SMS.
“The telecom companies are to charge only N50 per SMS to use the service. Candidates are made to repeat these SMS commands several times either due to poor network or processing failure leading to rapid responses after the command is sent.
“The board therefore advises telecom service providers to stop the multiple charges and stick to the agreement reached with the board.”
He said candidates who were victims of multiple charges should to raise a complaint support ticket on support.jamb.gov.ng <http://support.jamb.gov.ng/> for redress and further action by the board
