The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has denied posting candidates outside their preferred towns for the ongoing examination.
It, therefore, cautioned the public against spreading falsehood about its activities.
According to a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by the Board’s Spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB stated that it recognises the importance of convenience for candidates and ensures they sit for their examinations in locations of their choice among available CBT centres.
He said every candidate has the prerogative to choose their examination town, and JAMB assigns them to a centre within that town.
The statement said, “It is our firm belief that some parents are continually being deceived, misled, and defrauded by their wards and some secondary school proprietors who perpetuate this falsehood.
“Let it be unequivocally clear: at the time of registration, candidates have the right to select their preferred examination town. JAMB subsequently assigns them to a centre within the selected town.
“The baseless claim that candidates are posted to towns different from their choices is erroneous, malicious, and aimed solely at tarnishing the Board’s reputation. It does not happen.
“The Board, therefore, challenges this false yet popular narrative by offering a handsome financial reward to anyone who can provide authentic proof of even one candidate who has been posted outside their chosen town.”
