JAMB Keeps Mum Over Reps’ Call For 2024 UTME Registration Extension

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) is yet to respond to the call by the House of Representatives to extend the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination( UTME) registration exercise by two weeks.

THE WHISTLER reports that the House of Reps members following the adoption of a motion on urgent public importance titled “Need to extend UTME registration by JAMB sponsored by Hassan Shinkafi on Thursday during Plenary, called for the extension of the registration due to the economic hardship in the country.

Shinkafi, while moving the motion, noted that the UTME registration exercise which commenced on January 15 ended on February 26, 2024, adding that as a result of the painful economic situation in the country, “many families have been constrained from registering their wards, by this timeline.”

He said that if extension was not given by JAMB, many candidates would not be able to register and participate in the exercise and that means “There will not be a wider coverage and participation in this year’s UTME in Nigeria.

While urging the lawmakers to intervene, Hon Shinkafi pointed out that an extension would encourage parents of less privileged students to register their wards for the exercise.

When the motion was put into voice votes by the Speaker Hon.Tajudeen Abbas, it was unanimously supported by members.

The House, while urging JAMB to extend the registration by two weeks, also mandated the relevant committees on Education and Legislative Compliance to enforce strict compliance.

The registration of the 2024 UTME commenced on January 15 and elapsed on February 26 2024.