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In a statement released by JAMB’s Head of Media, Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja on Thursday, July 29, 2021, the examination body disclosed that August 6, 2021, is the new date for the exam. JAMB also noted that the rescheduled examination will hold in selected locations across Nigeria. Further, JAMB disclosed that the 18,000 candidates are notified of their venue and time via text messages on their designated phone numbers and their JAMB profiles. The examination body also directed candidates to print fresh examination notification slips from its website.
“Following a detailed investigation and careful analysis of the highly-successful 2021 UTME, and with due consultation (resulting in gracious concession) with the National Examination Council (NECO) concerning the timetable of the council’s ongoing SSCE, JAMB has scheduled a Mop-up UTME for Friday, 6th August 2021, in some selected locations across the nation. “About 18,000 candidates slated for the examination are being notified through both text messages on their designated phone numbers and their JAMB profiles. In addition, the candidate can check using their registration number on http://www.jamb.gov.ng/2021mopup For the avoidance of doubt, no candidate whose result has been duly released will be rescheduled for another examination contrary to the sponsored fake news being circulated on the social (and few mischievous conventional) media.’’ JAMB
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Below are candidates eligible for the exam as posted by JAMB:
- Candidates who could not be initially scheduled for examination owing to their inability to timely procure and supply their mandatory NINs or profile codes until after the close of the registration exercise and, therefore, had to purchase Bank Drafts (as against the usual vending of PINs) after the scheduled period for the examination registration.
- Few candidates who encountered peculiar biometric verification problems, or who failed biometric verification on the examination date (and were recaptured) but were not allowed to partake in the examination. Adequate screening arrangements have been made to reverify such claims and any candidate found to be involved in any form of impersonation will be identified for prosecution, according to the exam body.
- Candidates who were unable to sit for the UTME owing to the clash of timetables of the UTME and the then ongoing NABTEB examinations and whose particulars have been verified and supplied directly to JAMB by NABTEB.
- Candidates who have been ascertained by JAMB to have experienced genuine rescheduling/technical problems as was the case in 30 of the 760 centres used for the examination.
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