JAMB candidates protest, destroy office in Benue

HUNDREDS of prospective JAMB candidates in Benue State on Thursday thronged the zonal office and destroyed windows and other valuables.

Tribune Online which visited the area yesterday saw hundreds applicants who expressed disaffection over the tedious manner they were passing through to get registered.

The angry applicants who protested to the zonal office which is located along George Akume way also blocked the major road set born fire which disrupted traffic flow.

The candidates were protesting their inability to register at the centers earmarked for the exercise.

Prospective candidates who simply identified themselves as, Lucy and Jimmy expressed worry over their inability to register after spending four days queuing at the banks.

“The process is stressful. We wait for two or three days at the banks to get the pin and going to jamb is another frustration.  Let cyber cafe do it for us.”

Some of the candidates also protested to government house to express their disgust over the manner this year JAMB registration is been handled.

The State Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Prof. Anthony Ijor SAN urged the candidates to remain calm, assuring that all their grievances would be addressed.

He assured that all prospective candidates in Benue state would duly be registered.

In his own reaction, the zonal controller JAMB, Samuel Moro advised prospective candidates to be patient assuring that everybody will get registered.

He acknowledge a lot of hitches from the banks and partly from the candidates themselves and expressed displeasure over the attitude of the candidates whom he alleged, destroyed their signboard, windows and other facilities.