*Nigeria’s Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has given a two-week extension to candidates who are unable to complete their registration for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination

Alexander Davis | ConsumerConnect

As a consideration for examination candidates who have National Identity Number (NIN) verification issues using a new guideline in Nigeria, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has given a two-week extension to candidates who genuinely, are unable to complete their registration for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

ConsumerConnect reports the initial deadline for registration for the public examination was Saturday, May 29, 2021.

Dr. Fabian Benjamin, Head of Information and Protocol at JAMB, in a statement said that such candidates now have between May 31 and June 15 to complete their registration, if they were unable to do so by last Saturday because of NIN verification issues using a new guideline in the country.

The JAMB Head of Information and Protocol stated: “All prospective candidates with genuine proof(s) of failed efforts to register before the closing date, are to, between Monday May 31 and June 15, 2021, visit any of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board offices (including JAMB-owned professional test centres, PTCs) across the nation to: “(I) obtain at no cost and complete a form which is being made available to candidates with genuine reasons for missing the registration;

“(ii) submit (for the reading test and application), a certified bank draft of N4,000 in favour of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (and obtain a signed duplicate copy from the office);

“(iii) submit the completed form with a recent passport photograph at the same office of collection;

“(iv) collect a copy of the reading test;

“(v) await further directives through the registered phone number and public service announcement as soon as the screening is completed.”

Dr. Benjamin said the Board had observed that registration for the UTME is still not possible without the NIN, but warned examination candidates against double registration in the process.