By Victor Nwegede, Abakaliki.
Ebonyi Governor's wife, Mrs Mary-Mudline Uzoamaka Nwifuru has assured of supporting the Interim Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB) to establish her South East Zonal office in Ebonyi State to assist more young people gain admission into tertiary institutions.
Mrs Nwifuru in a press release issued and made available to journalists in Abakaliki by her Chief Press Secretary, Nnenna Oshibe also lamented the difficulties associated with Joint Admission Matriculation Examination by young people who seek admission into tertiary institutions.
She observed this when she received in the audience, the Director, Interim Joint Matriculation Board, South East and South South Zones, Dr Rita Akpan-Ekon and her team who were in her office to seek collaboration.
According to her, the presence of IJMB would bring relief to those who could not meet JAMB cut-off marks.
Mrs Nwifuru expressed hope that the scheme would reduce the cases of social vices among youths who got frustrated after their inability to gain admission into tertiary institutions for failure to meet JAMB cut-off marks
In her remark, the Director, of Interim Joint Matriculation Board, South East and South South Zones, Dr Rita Akpan-Ekon said the scheme is an alternative to JAMB aimed at assisting students who could not meet up with JAMB requirements to still gain admission into tertiary institutions of their choice and become graduates like their peers.
She said that the Interim Joint Admission Board has existed since 1976 but lamented that it was yet to have an office in the whole of South East zone.
She revealed that the scheme has offered scholarships to millions of Nigerians and called on the Ebonyi State Government to take advantage of the Interim Joint Admission Board and expose her people to tertiary education.
The Director was accompanied on the visit by the wife of the Chief of Staff, Government House Abakaliki, Dr Mrs Nkechi Echiegu d immediate past Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, DDrSteve Odo among others.
