Following the technical bottlenecks faced by hundreds of thousands of candidates trying to link their National Identification Number (NIN) for the 2021 UTME/DE registration, many parents and education stakeholders have asked why JAMB did not temporarily suspend the NIN requirement as it did in 2020.
Federal Government Backing for Mandatory NIN Integration
- In 2020, JAMB suspended the mandatory NIN policy midway through registration when NIMC enrolment centres became overwhelmed.
- In 2021, however, the Federal Government—through the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy and the Federal Ministry of Education—mandated full NIN integration across all national examinations to eliminate identity fraud and professional exam impersonators.
- Rather than scrapping NIN, JAMB opted to extend the registration deadline by two weeks and open a dedicated NIMC-JAMB reconciliation window for affected candidates.
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