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How did you pass JAMB? Twitter users mock JAMB handler over English blunder

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December 3, 2019

The official Twitter handle of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is being derided by social media users after it committed an English blunder on the microblogging site.

The handle wrote ‘Am’ instead of ‘I’m’ while responding to a complaint and social media users are lambasting the handler over the error.

A Twitter user Dennis Terna (@Denniman) had tweeted at the verified @JAMBHQ handle to lodge a complaint.

Dennis tweeted:

“I was helping a friend process correction of name on your portal. After making payment of N2,500 to that effect, I didn’t see the option for correction of name. I’ve contacted support but no response.”

Responding to the complaint, the handler wrote:

“Send your ticket number for me to confirm. Am sure you must have been attended to.”

Despite criticisms from Twitter users, the tweet, posted at 11:39 am on Monday 2, December, is yet to be corrected neither has it been taken down as at 1:50 pm on Tuesday.

@EmeekaFelix corrected the tweet and wrote:

“Please send us your ticket number for confirmation, we deeply regret any inconvenience this may have caused you.”

— ??Ushie of Abuja (@EmeekaFelix) 3 December 2019

@prince_cjn wrote:

Jamb just allow us use only WAEC enter University… you’ve failed us ???

— Prince_CJN? (@prince_cjn) 3 December 2019

@Amaraxhi tweeted:

For an official handle, use “we” or “us” rather than “I” or “me” when processing customers requests,because it is a corporation and someone else might be the one handling it tomorrow.

Secondly, everyone has pointed out the wrong usage of “am”. Take note of your grammar.

— Mimi (@amaraxhi) 3 December 2019

Another user wrote:

If even jamb can fail then I’m proud of myself for writing jamb only 4 times

— Magic Finger? (@TweetsWithMagic) 3 December 2019

A curious Twitter user asked:

JAMB WETIN YOU GET FOR ENGLISH FOR JAMB EXAM???

— Mr. Architect (@ArakurinGabu) 3 December 2019

The current head of jamb is more or less a religious cleric; he might have employed a graduate of Arabic studies to man this handle??

— DiamondAddict??? (@diamondAddict1) 3 December 2019

JAMB WETIN YOU GET FOR ENGLISH FOR JAMB EXAM???

— Mr. Architect (@ArakurinGabu) 3 December 2019

No wonder JAMB jams people …they themselves don’t know book o…chaiii…ayaff suffered pic.twitter.com/OietVX7KWU

— TN Jumper ? (@nuel_jumper) 3 December 2019

what sort of sorcery is this?
“ME” personal pronoun
“AM” for real?
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yet you deny mist intelligent and smart people admission, due to failure to hire the right experts.
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don’t even come after my initial capitalization, I turned it off.
???

— emeka (@emoting_inks) 3 December 2019