THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has extended its 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, registration exercise by one week and the extension begins on Wednesday, 15 February. The development came contrary to its earlier position that it would not extend the deadline for the registration.

A statement to this effect, by its Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, JAMB explained that by this extension, the sale of ePINs would end on Monday, 20th February 2023, while the UTME registration ends on Wednesday, 22nd February 2023.

Explaining that at the close of the sale of ePINs on Tuesday, 14th February 2023, 1,527,068 candidates had successfully registered for the 2023 UTME exercise inclusive of the 168,748, who indicated their interest to take the Mock-UTME.

The Board, as a responsive and proactive agency, took cognisance of the reports from across the country indicating some difficulties being faced by many Nigerians in using their electronic channels to purchase the ePINs or obtain cash readily within the stipulated period which as a consequence, granted this extension to ensure that all candidates who desire to register for the 2023 UTME are given the opportunity to do so especially when the extant challenges are not of their own making.