The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has raised the alarm that there is a well-orchestrated smear campaign against it and its management.
The alarm was raised by the board on Monday in a statement published in its bulletin, JAMBulletin.
JAMB alleged that the campaign was being sponsored by some disgruntled individuals whose unwholesome interests were being affected by the spate of current reforms in JAMB which had successfully blocked their sources of illicit gains.
According to the board, to achieve their nefarious agenda, an unstable and shadowy character was being used to launch calculated and vicious attacks against it.
The board said that those behind the smear campaign had concocted some false and totally baseless allegations for which they had contracted an unregistered and faceless NGO to be circulating to various agencies, especially the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC, media outlets and bloggers across the country.
The statement reads in part: “While we urge the ICPC to investigate the malicious allegations and make its findings public, we also advise the media and members of the public to beware of the shenanigans of these merchants of falsehoods who are hell-bent on tarnishing the hard-earned and positive image of the Board and its leadership.
“The management of the Board will continue to manage the affairs of the organisation with utmost transparency and in line with international best practices regardless of the array of dark and powerful forces working round the clock to pull it down.”
