The candidates for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Monday have been asked to send their National Identity Number from any SIM of their choice.
This comes with the condition that the SIM has not been used by another candidate to register for UTME/DE in the past.
The latest information was disclosed on the weekly bulletin of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board’s website.
This was contrary to JAMB’s earlier statement that only the SIM that was linked to a candidate’s NIN could be used to send their NIN to 55019.
The statement from the weekly bulletin further reads that:
“The right process is to send the word ` NIN number and send to 55019.
“Any other process is wrong and would not generate the profile code for the candidate.’’
JAMB also announced that more than 300,000 candidates have been registered for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
According to the statement:
“Total profile code generated so far is 497,528.
“Total UTME pin vended is 344, 115, while total pin vended for DE is 10, 848. Total registered candidates for UTME, 316, 132 and total registered candidates for DE is 8, 490.
“Total candidates who have indicated interest in sitting for the mock UTME are 126, 402,’’ it said.
