JAMB registrar, Prof Oloyede, says no extension of UTME registration

Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, announced on Friday that the registration period for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination would not be extended.

On February 14, the one-month window for UTME registration closes. Oloyede stated that the inspection of some JAMB computer-based centers in Osogbo, Osun State, was conducted to make sure that there was no extortion of the clients.

Some parents requested an extension of time for registration in some of the centers we visited, claiming that difficulties posed by the redesign of naira notes, which had resulted in a shortage of cash, had stopped them from procuring the personal identification number for their children.

But the JAMB boss said, “I go round the country to monitor the registration exercise and particularly call the attention of those committing infractions; we receive reports about what is going on in the state.

“We have intelligence on the ground, so when we are told like you saw what happened with the Osun State College of Education, once you have the information (and) we now go there if it requires my going there with my officials, I will.

“You know in the past, candidates complained of extortion but you can see we made it almost impossible for them to do so. We have deployed both human and technological means of detecting violations. You can see that the issue of no signal is not happening this year.

“So, what we are doing is improving what we did last year and that is why we are available in every part of the country to monitor strict compliance with the regulation.”

Oloyede added, “We are not considering any extension because anybody who is withdrawing money is not following our instructions. You transfer money, and when you do that, you get the PIN; we are not selling a physical PIN.”

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