The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, says the use of National Identification Number (NIN) is mandatory for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) and Direct Entry registration.
He said this during a meeting with Computer Based Test (CBT) centre owners and other stakeholders on Friday in Abuja.
Oloyede said: “This year, we are going into full partnership with the National Identification Management Commission (NIMC).
“Everyone who wants to register with us must have completed their registration with NIMC because this year, all we need is first, your NIN.
“Once you send it to 55019, no name required, we continue from there. We will pull your data from NIMC that’s all.”
He said any telephone number used by applicants to send the NIN automatically becomes the number for all JAMB transactions with the candidate.
He also said that candidates who were yet to acquire a SIM card and want to register for the examinations might get a waiver.
The registrar said that no JAMB accredited CBT centre or its official would be allowed as an agent for NIN registration.
He said: “Accredited centres must not collect above N700 for service charge from candidates.
“No offline registration or by proxy and all candidates with biometric challenges should be referred to the board’s headquarters in Abuja.
“You must not put any other SIM card beside the one provided by JAMB into another router in another centre because we would be monitoring.”
