According to PUNCH Metro, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board has suspended the use of the National Identification Number (NIN) as a requirement in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

The suspension also affected the Direct Entry registration for the year.

Announcing this at a press conference in Abuja on Saturday JAMB Registrar Prof Ishaq Oloyede attributed the decision to what he called technical reasons.

The JAMB registrar cited ongoing difficulties being faced by candidates with NIN registration, adding that the NIN requirement as a precondition for the UTME and Direct Entry.

Oloyede said the NIN would however, be a necessary requirement in the 2021 UTME and Direct Entry registrations.

SOURCE: https://www.tori.ng