The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Lagos Zonal office, has said that 95% of candidates for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) met National Identification Number (NIN) compulsory requirement.
The update follows an earlier notification by JAMB to applicants that those who fail to obtain their NIN will be unable to complete their registration and as such will not sit for the examination.
According to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), this disclosure was made by JAMB’s Acting Director, Mr Shittu Billiaminu on Friday in Lagos, stating that the board had consistently worked with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to ensure all candidates who wished to write the examination got their NIN.
What the JAMB Acting Director is saying
Billiaminu pointed out that the board would organise a mop-up examination for candidates who had other pending issues that had yet to be resolved and could not write the examination when slated.
He said, “However, a mop-up exam which the date is yet to be announced, will be conducted.’’
The JAMB boss urged parents to allow their wards handle JAMB registration themselves to ensure a proper registration process and better understanding between their wards and the board.
He said, “One of the challenges we have is that parents don’t allow us to rest. They knock on the JAMB gate every time and when we grant them access they cannot answer the questions we ask. When JAMB requires the profile code of their wards, some of them don’t know it. In fact, we have made it a policy to deal with candidates directly.’’
The acting director noted that JAMB would continue to uphold the standard.
In case you missed it
- It can be recalled that JAMB rescheduled the UTME examination, which was initially planned to hold between June 5 and June 19, to June 19 to July 3 in order to accommodate candidates who, largely due to issues related to the newly introduced pre-requisite of National Identification Number (NIN), could not register for the exam.
- The Registrar of the JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, had also announced the possibility of conducting a second UTME for candidates with genuine registration challenges.
- The examination body had a few days ago, advised candidates who have been cleared to complete their registration for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), to visit special centres to finish the process by Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Noted…
But my question is that after registering for the NIN, are we to bring along our profile code?
Thank you.
my question is i registered for my jamb last month,but my profile code was not sent, i just received it earlier.but the jamb registration as closed
What if u went there late and u we’re refused to go in and it was because of rain
Go to jamb and inquire, note must be for a legit reason
Pls what can I do I missed my jamb exam I got there late cause they was an accident on my way to my exam center I couldn’t meet up with the time pls help me
please i did not make an attempt to register for jamb because of money but now i have money and my NIN can i join them in this 2021 to write my mop up exam
Pls I miss my exam because am sick but I went their but am late I didn’t get to write d exam pls can I join mop up exam
I did my Nin but I didn’t even receive any profile code till now, will I write the mop up exam
I couldn’t make it to my exam centre because I was admitted for 2 weeks in the hospital and I have proof.Am I eligible to write the mop up exam? Please help me
pls my nin was rady,i got my profilé code on May 26 i when to rijester on 27 they say no more e pin potal close
My centre had issues so weren’t able to write d exam ..pls could I still join for the mop-up exam?
Sir pls my center hasn’t rescheduled me,
Can I write the mop up exam pls
When is the mop up exam started
pls when is the mop up exam reprinting starting
pls when is the mop up exam reprinting starting