The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, on Monday
dispelled a report that went viral that a snake swallowed N36 million
belonging to the board in one of its numerous offices.
The Board in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Franklin
Benjamin said it was a pure case of criminality and fraud by one of its
staff.
The previous report by the examination body had it that a mystery snake sneaked into the accounts office of the board in Makurdi, Benue state and swallowed N36 million.
The development occurred when a team of auditors dispatched by JAMB
to take inventory of sold and unsold scratch cards and recover funds
generated or embezzled during sales periods.
However, a fresh statement by Benjamin reads: “It is natural for the
office to account for what they have after the sale of scratch cards has
been stopped and we discovered that lots of money was missing in
Markurdi and other offices.
“There are procedures in the civil service, so the whole thing is
still under investigation. She was queried, she appeared before
disciplinary committee, although she confessed that money was missing
and a snake swallowed it.
“Unfortunately, she is calling one Joan’s name which did not appear
in the investigation at all. Joan only recommended a house help for her.
Of course, the management did not believe the story. She is just trying
to put an excuse forward.
“These are things the Registrar is trying to unravel to put the board
on the right footing. We had a case where one of the staff said he had
an accident on his way and the scratch cards got burnt but only for us
to discover that they were used because they all had serial numbers.”