TECHDIGEST – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has ruled out possibilities of postponement of the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry examinations.

This follows news of the temporary suspension of the verification of National Identity Number (NIN) by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).

Spokesperson of the board, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with The PUNCH.

The board allayed fears of parents, guardians, and prospective candidates over the registrations scheduled to commence on Saturday, February 12, 2022, saying “there is no cause for alarm’’.

“There is no postponement, the registration will commence as planned. NIMC has the capacity, the competence, they have what it takes to address any challenge that will arise.

“We do not shift dates when we announce them. The registration will go on as planned”.

Meanwhile, the board of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, says it plans to introduce self-service registration outlets in Abuja and Lagos to leverage the digital competence of its computer-savvy candidates.

JAMB disclosed this in its Weekly Bulletin from the Office of the Registrar, on Monday in Abuja.

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TECHDIGEST – The National Emergency Management Commission (NIMC) has said that the National Identity Number (NIN) verification service is temporarily unavailable due to the maintenance work by one of the commission’s network service providers.

This is coming when the technical hitch in the NIN verification portal has yet to be resolved about eight days after the incident was first reported.

NIMC said that the Verification Service is temporarily unavailable due to maintenance by one of the commission’s network service providers.

The affected NIMC portal enables telecom firms, the Nigerian Immigration Service, banks, and other organizations to verify the National Identity Number of their customers before attending to them, in line with the Federal Government’s directive

NIMC said in a statement that “The commission apologizes for any inconvenience this might cause our esteemed customers, as all hands are on deck to ensure speedy restoration.

“Meanwhile the public can make use of the alternative Tokenisation verification platform.

“For more information on how to use the Tokenisation platform, visit https://wild.nimc.gov.ng,” it said.

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