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FG- Imo: :Regulatory Oversight of The State Electricity Market Is Now Underr ISERC

By Favour Ifeoluwa & Akinola Ajibade  The Federal Government yesterday( Monday) announced the transfer of Regulatory Oversight of the Electricity Market in Imo State to the state electricity regulatory commission, otherwise known as (ISERC). In a statement issued by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Common( NERC), the development is in compliance with the amended Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (CFRN) and the Electricity Act 2023 (Amended), reiterating that all transfers envisaged by this order shall be completed by 31 December 2024. According to the Commission,the transfer Order’s provisions include: “Direct Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) to incorporate a subsidiary (EEDC SubCo) to assume responsibilities for intrastate supply and distribution of electricity in Imo State from EEDC, and that EEDC shall complete the incorporation of EEDC SubCo within 60 days from 27th June 2024. The subcompany shall apply for and obtain licence for the in
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Mmesoma Falsifies 2023 UMTE Result,Says JAMB


 By Favour & Akinola Ajibade

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), yesterday(Monday) said accused one Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma(Ms) of presenting faked 2023 UTME result.

The institution, in a statement, signed by its Acting Director, PAP, Dr Fabian Benjamin and made  available to the media, noted that Mmesoma falsified a copy of the result slip of a candidate named" Asimiyu Mariam Omobolanle" who scored 138 in the UTME conducted in 2021.

According to the statement, Mmesoma later revealed the rightful owner of the result she paraded before the Board, when she said that the QR code on the result slip belongs to the actual owner of the said result and not her own.

" The Board would like to reassure Nigerians that its system was neither tampered with nor compromised as the candidate simply falsified a copy of a result slip of a candidate named “Asimiyu Mariam Omobolanle”, who sat the UTME in 2021 and scored 138.

It advised the general public to scan the QR code on the result slip in order to know actual owner of the  result before it was mutilated. Coupled with this is the fact the public should should endeavour to note the QR code attached to the  UTME result of each candidate" It added. 

Continuing further, the body noted that its stopped issuing Notification of Result slips after the 2021 UTME immediately it realised that  candidates were falsifying the slips. 

The  Board further said that it has been issuing actual UTME RESULT Slips (not notification of results ) since 2022 complete with the photograph of each candidate.

"We at JAMB remains unperturbed by this unfortunate development as this is not the first time such fraudulent claims have been made. Nigerians should recall umerous occasions where the Board was sued for billions of naira only for the lawyers to later apologise profusely for their clients’ misadventure.

Prominent among these, the Board said,  is the case of a candidate, John Chinedu Ifesinachi, who, in 2021, wrote a letter to JAMB, threatening to sue for N2b damages, only for him and his counsel to tender unreserved apology when the candidate eventually confessed his crime in the face of incontrovertible facts in an open investigation observed by several national public institutions including the Public Complaints Commission, National Human Rights Commission, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Council, Servicom and media houses.

The Board maintains that it is not in any way opposing public scrutiny and that its ready to participate in open public session involving the agencies listed above as well as relevant security agencies where the candidate , parent’s guardian and her legal team will be present.

JAMB, in line with its established procedures has however withdrawn 2023 UMTE result of  Ms. Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma and further bar her  from sitting its examination in the next three years.

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