Soludo in a statement issued through the Public Relations Officer of the Anambra State Ministry of Education, Nnaemeka Egwuonwu, directed that Mmesoma be handed over to the State Guidance Counsellor for the counselling session immediately.
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has directed the immediate commencement of psychological counselling and therapy sessions for Mmesoma Joy Ejikeme following the faking of her 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results.
Soludo in a statement issued through the Public Relations Officer of the Anambra State Ministry of Education, Nnaemeka Egwuonwu, directed that Mmesoma be handed over to the State Guidance Counsellor for the counselling session immediately.
SaharaReporters had on July 5 reported that the Anambra State government set up an eight-member committee of enquiry to investigate the allegation that a Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination candidate in the state, Mmesoma Ejikeme, doctored her result.
The examination body, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board had described the result as fake, adding its internal investigation revealed that it was done with Mmesoma’s collaboration.
The state government, however, faulted the way JAMB has handled the situation which has become a major controversy in the country, with people taking sides.
The state government faulted JAMB for going on social media to describe Mmesoma’s result as fake while an investigation into the matter was still ongoing.
However, Saturday, July 8, the Inquiry Committee submitted their findings to the state government.
In the committee report obtained by SaharaReporters on Saturday, the panel wrote that “Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma admitted that she manipulated the fake results herself, using her phone.”
The governor following some recommendations from well-meaning Nigerians for Mmesoma to be properly counselled has directed the Principal of Anglican Girls Secondary School Nnewi, to hand her over for immediate counselling.
Egwuonwu revealed that the in a letter to the Principal of Anglican Girls Secondary School Nnewi, which was signed by the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, Governor directed that Mmesoma be handed over to a Professor of Clinical Psychology.
According to him, the directive is in line with one of the recommendations of the Committee set up by the government to investigate the matter.