JAMB Registers 1.4 Million Candidates, Vows Not to Extend Registration

Ibrahim Shuaibu in Kano

The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Examination Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has revealed that over 1.4 million candidates have so far registered in the ongoing UTME registration across the country.

Professor Oloyede disclosed this to journalists yesterday in Kano while inspecting the registration exercise across the state.

The registrar expressed satisfaction over the smooth conduct of the exercise in the state and other parts of the country he visited.

“We have done everything humanly possible to register candidates. We are not going to extend the period of the registration, because the candidates who will write JAMB are the same candidates who will write WASCE and NECO.

“The only space available for JAMB is the period we are utilising for the registration and for the conduct of the examination

“Therefore, it will not be possible for us to extend. So far, we have registered about 1.41 million candidates, and we expect that other candidates who have reasons to register now.

“We are not going to succumb to any pressure after closing it on March 26.  There is no clamoring for the extension. It’s not possible for us to extend the registration.”

He urged the media to assist in sensitising candidates to register within the timeframe.

The registrar also said that the board was able to generate over N20 billion during the past five years.

According to him, the board also spent over N4 billion on capital projects across the country during the period.