Job Racketeering: House C’ttee Has not Indicted JAMB, Says Gadgi  

Juliet Akoje in Abuja

The Chairman of the House of Representatives Adhoc Committee investigating job racketeering in federal agencies, Hon. Yusuf Adamu Gadgi, yesterday said that the committee has not indicted the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyode or any agency.

Speaking at the resumed hearing yesterday, Gagdi said it was wrong to insinuate that the committee had indicted the JAMB registrar when it was still carrying out its assignment.

He noted that there have been reports in the media that the committee indicted the JAMB Registrar for employing about 300 staff without advertisement.

He thereby stressed that “the committee has been having a robust engagement with all agencies appearing before it. The committee concludes its assignment and submits a report to the House, it cannot be said that it has indicted any agency for any wrong doing.

“I want to say here that as a matter of fact, don’t take any report of indictment against anybody. This committee has not indicted the Registrar of JAMB and we have not indicted any institution. You can only say that after we submit our report. There are reports going out that we have indicted JAMB Registrar. No, we have not submitted any report anywhere and so, don’t quote us out of context please.”

He however added that, “We had a very good interaction with him and nobody should preempt the decision of this committee to say that somebody is faulty.”