Mmesoma: Ezekwesili lists 6 questions for JAMB

Former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has insisted the conduct of technical investigation of the system of the Joint Admissions and Examinations Matriculation Board, JAMB to resolve the controversies over the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, result involving Anambra student, Mmesoma Ejikeme.

Ezekwesili said this in reaction to claims by JAMB that investigations into the alleged forgery scandal involving Mmesoma have been concluded.

JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, said this in a statement issued from Namibia on Wednesday.

Ezekwesili had called out the JAMB Registrar to demand for probe of the alleged forgery of UTME result controversies.

But in reaction to the JAMB’s statement, Ezekwesili insisted that a technical audit of the JAMB system must be carried out. She listed six questions that must be determined by the technological investigation while making the demand through her verified Twitter handle.

She wrote, “Professor Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of @JAMBHQ did reach out back from Namibia, but his call dropped.

“My call for an Independent Technology Investigation still stands.

“I am interested in having a number of questions answered by the Exam Body to clarify the confusion in the public space on the JAMB-Mmesoma Saga.

“What really are the facts of the action that produced the Result-Slip that Mmesoma is insisting she received?

“Can the public be availed the User-Journey of Mmesoma?

“Is this kind of a tech-enabled double-result unique to her or experienced by any other candidates of JAMB exams?

“Is a Comprehensive Systems Check not key for JAMB in situations like this, and has such been done?

“What is the nature of the interface between the JAMB system/database and the Center where she sat for her exam as well as results verification?

“Could this case not help JAMB trace any issues that can impair its systems and architecture for exam integrity?

“I am glad that the public is invested in knowing the truth on this saga because Exam Integrity is core to the global trust of countries and their citizens by others and widely publicized cases like this should be learning opportunity for all, including the exam body.

“I reiterate that an Independent Technology Investigation is critical for helping us all know the truth of this case, including the role of all the parties involved, so that the right and just redressing can be made.

“Trust in our public institutions like @JAMBHQ that record the facts of individual effort and performance is key for our country.

“Therefore for all reasonable citizens, this matter is rightly important that it be resolved appropriately.”