Admission Racketeering In IMSU How Contractor Made N49m From Students Staff Finger Imo State Government, VC

Uneasy calm currently pervades the Imo State University Community
following wide spread allegation of admission racketeering through the
ongoing online post UTME of the school.

Trumpeta investigation reveals that instead of the state Government
allowing the Institution to monitor and sale the forms, connived with
a contractor (names withheld) who cashed in the opportunity to exploit
the prospecting students.

Apart from the shoddy manner this exercise is being handled, the
dubious Government contractor allegedly inflated the cost of the form
from four thousand naira (4,000) to the whooping sum of six thousand
naira (6,000).

Records available indicate that no fewer than twenty three thousand
(23,000) prospective students had already purchased the form as at
press time. The implication of this action is that the said contractor
has already wrecked in the sum of forty six million naira from the
exercise.

A staff of the university who spoke to Trumpeta Newspaper under
anonymity expressed worry at the trend of events at the institution.
Part of his worry is that the action of the said contractor apart from
milking the pause of parents and guardians of the candidates, will at
the end of the day short change many of them who will definitely not
get the admission after all.

"I wonder why Governor Okorocha contracted this exercise to his stooge
even as the university has its ICT Centre ably managed by Rev. Fr
Igboanusi where such activities of the Institution are usually carried
out.

As I speak to you, some of the candidates are already complaining in
writing to the school authorities over either omitted names or
photographs".
Continuing he alleged that, "Many candidates will be disappointed at
the end of the exercise. What is the rationale behind the additional
two thousand naira (N2,000) for the form? Honestly this exercise is
purely the job of the university to avoid duplication of issues".

"Imo State University is gradually dying. Governor Okorocha appears to
be the Vice Chancellor of the school now. He visits very often to give
one directive or the other under the pretext of his free education
programme. And for now, Imo indigenes get only 30% admission into the
school with non-indigenes making up the remaining 70% which is the
opposite of the old order in the school".
He also frowned at the care free attitude of the acting Vice
Chancellor, Dr Adaobi Obasi whom she said comes to the office briefly
whenever she wants leaving heaps of files in her office unattended to.

When contacted over the telephone for his reaction to the allegations,
the Public Relations officer of the school Nze Ralph Njokuobi declined
comments over the telephone but rather requested that our
correspondent visit in person.
-Trumpeta