The Nigerian Senate has called on the Federal Ministry of Education, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to review the mandatory use of the National Identification Number (NIN) for the 2021 UTME/DE registration and extend the registration deadline.
Why the Senate Intervened
- Moving a motion titled "The need to address the untold hardship caused by the introduction of NIN as compulsory requirement for JAMB registration", Senator Ifeanyi Ubah (YPP, Anambra South) pointed out that technical hitches in obtaining NIN and linking it via USSD/SMS were preventing hundreds of thousands of young Nigerians from registering for the exam.
- Parents and prospective candidates welcomed the Senate's intervention, which contributed to JAMB's subsequent decision to extend the registration window by two weeks to 29th May 2021.
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