2020 UTME: NIN is no longer need for registratiom
The Joint and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announced on Saturday that the
National Identity Number (NIN) will no longer be a prerequisite for
candidates interested in 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination
(UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) examination.
In addition to this, it announced a temporary suspension of its
partnership with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the board Registrar told reporters in Abuja on
Saturday that the decision to suspend the use of NIN was because NIMC was
not competent to meet the needs of a large number of candidates that
would register for the 2020 UTME exercise.
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"We had agreed that NIN would be a pre-requisite for registration for
2020 UTME which will commence on Monday. But there was a public outcry on
the frustrations and difficulties that candidates are subjected to
before getting the NIN,"Oloyede stated.
"We were forced to review our strategies and we arrived at a point that
it was obvious that we could not go ahead with NIN as pre-requisite for
registration because of the challenges that might affect the
participation of a large number of candidates.
"To this end, we have decided to suspend the use of NIN for 2020 UTME
exercise. We have unanimously agreed to shift the use of NIN to 2021 when
candidates must have been given enough time and opportunity to get the
NIN. However, about 11,000 of our staff, permanent and ad hoc, that would
still be required to submit their NIN for verification."
The decision to make use of NIN, according to Oloyede was to rectify some
of the problems that were encountered in 2019 UTME, especially fraud in
the identification of candidates that registered for the UTME.
He encourage candidates to follow the procedures that were used last
year to register for the 2020 UTME exercise.
National Identity Number (NIN) will no longer be a prerequisite for
candidates interested in 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination
(UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) examination.
In addition to this, it announced a temporary suspension of its
partnership with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the board Registrar told reporters in Abuja on
Saturday that the decision to suspend the use of NIN was because NIMC was
not competent to meet the needs of a large number of candidates that
would register for the 2020 UTME exercise.
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"We had agreed that NIN would be a pre-requisite for registration for
2020 UTME which will commence on Monday. But there was a public outcry on
the frustrations and difficulties that candidates are subjected to
before getting the NIN,"Oloyede stated.
"We were forced to review our strategies and we arrived at a point that
it was obvious that we could not go ahead with NIN as pre-requisite for
registration because of the challenges that might affect the
participation of a large number of candidates.
"To this end, we have decided to suspend the use of NIN for 2020 UTME
exercise. We have unanimously agreed to shift the use of NIN to 2021 when
candidates must have been given enough time and opportunity to get the
NIN. However, about 11,000 of our staff, permanent and ad hoc, that would
still be required to submit their NIN for verification."
The decision to make use of NIN, according to Oloyede was to rectify some
of the problems that were encountered in 2019 UTME, especially fraud in
the identification of candidates that registered for the UTME.
He encourage candidates to follow the procedures that were used last
year to register for the 2020 UTME exercise.
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