Nigerians on Twitter have condemned the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board for using WhatsApp status screenshots to disseminate information to Nigerians.
On Thursday, the board had shared WhatsApp status screenshots on its verified Twitter handle which contained details about the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
“JAMB 2021 UTME/DE registration is officially starting on April 8 to May 15,” the screenshotted post read.
“NIN is a compulsory requirement for 2021 UTME/DE registration. Kindly get your NIN before the start of registration exercise.”
— JAMB (@JAMBHQ) March 25, 2021
The occurrence has triggered mixed reactions on Twitter with many users wondering why the board could not engage the services of a graphic designer instead.
“That tweet from JAMB is the exact reflection of what happens in civil service. Do things anyhow. Everything jaga jaga. Such lackadaisical attitude and approach to work. What is worth doing is worth doing well abeg,” a user wrote.
“JAMB makes roughly about N7,000,000,000 yearly, yet they couldn’t afford a graphic designer to help them design an official post. Instead they passed an official information using WhatsApp screenshot, using different colour…,” another user wrote.
Read other reactions below:
What if my cousin wants to write jamb ,and she doesn’t have a SIM card and she’s not 18 years of age. And they are not selling SIM card for now, how can she go about it?
Can she use her mummy’s sim card and her Mum’s NIN?— Oluwabusolami Adeyemi (@OluwabusolamiA9) March 26, 2021
Which kind laziness Dey worry jamb like this. Na person status una screenshot as official info.
— BILLY EMMANUEL (@BILLYEMMANUEL18) March 25, 2021
I’m not a graphics guy but i did this in roughly 5 mins. pic.twitter.com/d05MyKRVal
— Port Harcourt Prefect (@ThompsonOibo) March 26, 2021