The one-month registration window for the UTME ends on February 14 and Oloyede, who spoke during an inspection tour of some JAMB computer-based centres in Osogbo, Osun State, on Friday, said the inspection was to ensure that there was no extortion of the clients.
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board, JAMB, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, has said there would not be an extension of
time for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
The one-month registration window for the UTME ends on February
14 and Oloyede, who spoke during an inspection tour of some JAMB computer-based
centres in Osogbo, Osun State, on Friday, said the inspection was to ensure
that there was no extortion of the clients.
Some parents in some of the centres visited had sought an
extension of time for the registration, saying challenges posed by the redesign
of naira notes which had caused a scarcity of cash, had prevented them from
purchasing the personal identification number for their wards.
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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