The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has cautioned parents and guardians against enrolling minors in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
Registrar of JAMB, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, gave the warning while reacting to a suit filed by one Mrs Ifeanyi Eke against the Board over inappropriate text messages sent to her 15-year-old daughter during her registration.
The Board’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, stated this in a statement in Abuja.
Eke had filed a N100m suit against JAMB and three others before the Federal High Court in Lagos over alleged unsolicited and inappropriate text messages sent to her 15-year-old daughter.
Reacting to the incident, Oloyede said the Board was ready to meet with the woman, maintaining that the sender of the message was not the Board’s staff.
He said since the incident happened, JAMB reported to security agencies to take appropriate action but the woman did not care, suing for N100 million at the expense of the child.
The JAMB boss maintained that the person got the telephone number of the victim at the centre because they had a form to fill out, saying that it had dealt appropriately with the centre, the reason being that it should not have allowed unauthorised persons on the premises.
He added that even if the centres do not have access to the agency’s database, the person must have collected the number while interacting with her at the centre.