{"id":158821,"date":"2025-04-07T12:06:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T11:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2025-mock-utme-jamb-disburses-over-n397m-in-transport-allowances-to-officials"},"modified":"2025-04-07T13:07:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T12:07:47","slug":"2025-mock-utme-jamb-disburses-over-n397m-in-transport-allowances-to-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2025-mock-utme-jamb-disburses-over-n397m-in-transport-allowances-to-officials","title":{"rendered":"2025 mock UTME: JAMB disburses over N397m in transport allowances to officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, said it has disbursed N397,030,900 as transport allowances to 1,909 officials participating in the conduct of the 2025 Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, scheduled for April 10, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The Director of Finance, Mufutau Bello, disclosed this at a meeting convened to evaluate the Board\u2019s readiness for both the mock examination and the main UTME.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bello, the amount released so far for transport allowances represents only the first tranche of payments, covering one-third of the total officials involved in the exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Stressing the critical national importance of the two examinations, he said, \u201cThe mock exercise is the first phase of our core mandate, and we must, as always, distinguish ourselves. The nation relies on the success of this exercise; any shortcomings could tarnish the integrity of our education system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMuch is at stake, including the dignity of our processes, the tertiary education system, and substantial financial resources\u2014over N397,030,900 has been paid as transport allowances to the 1,909 officials travelling for the mock exercise scheduled for the 10th April, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis amount represents only the initial phase, accounting for one-third of the total number of officials involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Staff members of the Board pledged their full commitment to ensure the successful and hitch-free conduct of both exercises across the country.<\/p>\n<p>While acknowledging public concerns over local travel allowances, they clarified that such discussions often come from a limited understanding of the logistical scope involved in the nationwide examination process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, said it has disbursed N397,030,900 as transport allowances to 1,909 officials participating in the conduct of the 2025 Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, scheduled for April 10, 2025. The Director of Finance, Mufutau Bello, disclosed this at a meeting convened to evaluate the Board\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":158820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[16776,610,254],"class_list":["post-158821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-2025-mock-utme","tag-jamb","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2025 mock UTME: JAMB disburses over N397m in transport allowances to officials - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, said it has disbursed N397,030,900 as transport allowances to 1,909 ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2025-mock-utme-jamb-disburses-over-n397m-in-transport-allowances-to-officials\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2025 mock UTME: JAMB disburses over N397m in transport allowances to officials\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, said it has disbursed N397,030,900 as transport allowances to 1,909 ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2025-mock-utme-jamb-disburses-over-n397m-in-transport-allowances-to-officials\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-07T11:06:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-07T12:07:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1744015066.109016.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2025-mock-utme-jamb-disburses-over-n397m-in-transport-allowances-to-officials#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2025-mock-utme-jamb-disburses-over-n397m-in-transport-allowances-to-officials\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"2025 mock UTME: JAMB disburses over N397m in transport allowances to officials\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-07T11:06:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-07T12:07:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2025-mock-utme-jamb-disburses-over-n397m-in-transport-allowances-to-officials\"},\"wordCount\":266,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2025-mock-utme-jamb-disburses-over-n397m-in-transport-allowances-to-officials#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1744015066.109016.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2025 mock UTME\",\"JAMB\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2025-mock-utme-jamb-disburses-over-n397m-in-transport-allowances-to-officials#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2025-mock-utme-jamb-disburses-over-n397m-in-transport-allowances-to-officials\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2025-mock-utme-jamb-disburses-over-n397m-in-transport-allowances-to-officials\",\"name\":\"2025 mock UTME: JAMB disburses over N397m in transport allowances to officials - 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