The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says hackers have altered the profiles of ad hoc staff as they gained access into its intranet site.
The Board’s Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede said over N10 million which was set aside as allowance for the ad hoc staff was diverted.
Oloyede made this on Tuesday while addressing Journalists in Abuja.
He said; ”the board uncovered the fraud after a careful investigation, which led to the arrest of one Sahabi Zubairu from Takum in Taraba state, among several others.”
According to the Registrar, government policy requires that monies meant for ad hoc staff are paid into the accounts of the beneficiaries, a situation that gave room for “this kind of challenge the board was facing.”
Oloyede, however, decried the failure of the accounting department to detect the fraud by cross-checking the names on the accounts to ensure that they tallied with those listed on the website or owners of the codes.
The JAMB boss, who noted that ad hoc staff of the board have since been paid, promised that the stolen money would be recovered and the perpetrators handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).