JAMB extends UTME registration over naira scarcity

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has extended the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, registration deadline to Wednesday, February 22, 2023.

The board, in a statement by its Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Wednesday, said the exercise which was due to end on Wednesday, February 15, 2023, had been extended by one week.

Benjami said sale of ePINs would end on Monday, February 20, 2023, while the UTME registration would end on Wednesday, February 22, 2023.

The statement attributed the decision to the naira crisis being experienced in the country.