For taking a bribe while on duty, a member of staff of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has been suspended, the Board said.
Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, Registrar of the Board said he was disappointed about the conduct of the said member of the staff whose identity was not revealed, in spite of the zero tolerance of the management for corruption.
The Board, however, did not give details of the bribe and the sanction to the erring member of staff.
According to Dr Fabian Benjamin, spokesperson of the JAMB, Oloyede maintained that there was no going back on JAMB’s zero tolerance for bribery and corruption.
He said the staff was probably testing the resolve of the Board as he cannot claim ignorance of campaigns and training embarked upon by the exam body against such ignoble acts.
While saying no one in his or her right senses would wish to engage in any fraudulent act in JAMB, Oloyede urged bad eggs within the establishment to turn a new leaf or face the wrath of the Board.
He added that the affected staff would be subjected to the same sanctions meted out to erring candidates and other undesirable elements alike when their misdeeds came to light.