From Uchenna Ezeadigwe
Awka
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has put on hold the commencement of sale of registration forms to candidates, who are interested in participating in 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The registration exercise was, hitherto, supposed to commence on Thursday and run till Saturday, May, while the UTME examinations run from June fifth to nineteenth.
JAMB spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, who confirmed the development in a statement at Abuja, said the change was caused by some unforeseen circumstances, occasioned by the board’s determined effort to have a National Identification Number, NIN, integration.
According to Mr. Benjamin, JAMB deliberately refused to announce the commencement of the registration exercise through newspaper advertorial because processes for smooth pin vending and candidate access to the registration application for the 2021 UTME/direct entry was yet to be completed.
