The article discusses the disciplinary actions taken by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) against officials involved in the harassment of a female candidate wearing a hijab during the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Lagos. The incident, where the candidate was asked to remove her hijab during accreditation, prompted an immediate response from JAMB’s management. The Head of Public Affairs for JAMB, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, issued a statement regretting the incident and clarified that it did not align with the Board’s guidelines. Further investigations revealed that the incident was due to ignorance of the guidelines by some JAMB partners or officials. The officials have been sanctioned as a deterrent for future incidents, emphasizing the importance of awareness and adherence to established protocols to ensure fair treatment of all candidates.
