The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended the deadline for the registration of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to Wednesday, February 22, 2023, over the scarcity of naira notes. This was made known in a statement issued on Wednesday by JAMB’s, Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr. Fabian Benjamin adding that the exercise which was scheduled to end on February 15, 2023, had been extended by one week.
The statement said, “It should be noted that the Board, based on its projections had expanded its capacity to register up to a hundred thousand candidates per day, with this, it was possible to register all desiring candidates within the space of a few days.
“However, less than fifty thousand candidates were turning up for registration, which is less than the installed registration capacity. Surprisingly, in the last two before the closing date, the pace picked up remarkably with over a hundred thousand candidates registering on a daily basis.
“Furthermore, the Board, as a responsive and proactive agency, took cognizance of the reports from across the country indicating some difficulties being faced by many Nigerians in using their electronic channels to purchase the ePINs or obtain cash readily within the stipulated period.
“It has, as a consequence, granted this extension to ensure that all candidates who desire to register for the 2023 UTME are given the opportunity to do so, especially when the extant challenges are not of their own making.”
According to him, the sale of ePINs is now scheduled to end on Monday, February 20.
