The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, has clarified
that candidates and visitors below the age of 18 years are not required to
present COVID-19 vaccination cards before being granted access into JAMB
examination halls and facilities.
A statement issued on Tuesday and signed by the head of
JAMB’s media and protocol unit, Fabian Benjamin, said those mandated to provide
vaccination cards are persons covered under the NCDC Vaccination policy.
Benjamin said the clarification became necessary because it
“discovered that many underage candidates were making frantic efforts to get
vaccinated with some even falsifying their age to be vaccinated just to access
services at the Board’s facilities.”
The statement reads in part; “All candidates, clients, and
other members of the public below the age of 18 years are not required to
produce any vaccination card before being allowed access to our facilities.
This category of persons is not covered by the NCDC vaccination policy.”
The examination body, however, said it would require
evidence of being underage to allow any underage individual access to its
facilities.