2024 UTME: JAMB sanctions official for directing Muslim candidate to pull hijab
… says 1.2m candidates ‘ll successfully take examination Monday.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has sanctioned one of its officials in Lagos for directing a female candidate to remove her hijab before entering the examination hall.
This came as JAMB said the conduct of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, which commenced on Friday, 19th April, 2024, “had been seamless as over 1.2 million candidates would have successfully taken the examination by Monday.”
Report had emerged that a candidate donning hijab was asked to remove her headcover during the accreditation process before being allowed into the examination hall at Bafuto Institute, Ile-Iwe Bus Stop, Ejigbo, Lagos.
Reacting to it in a statement on Sunday, the board which said such action was not in line with its rules, explained that the official was issued sanction to serve as a deterrent to others, who might wish to toe the same line going forward.
In the statement, tagged:”Re: Lagos Centre Stops Hijab-wearing Candidates”, through its spokesman, Fabian Benjamin,JAMB regretted said it regretted the incident.
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