The Joint Admissions Matriculations Board JAMB has partnered with the National Identity Management Commission NIMC to use National Identity Number (NIN) issued by the commission in conducting 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
This was made known by JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, when he hosted the Director of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, Mr Dasuki Arabi, at the board headquarters in Abuja. Is-haq noted that the development is in accordance with the directive of the Federal Government that NIMC should be the primary data collection centre.
He further revealed in a statement by the agency’s Head of Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, that the board had concluded arrangements with the NIMC to ensure proper use of the identity number. He said, “In view of the compliance with the Federal Government’s directive that the NIMC should be the primary data collection centre, the board will be using the NIM number of prospective candidates for registration in the next exercise. The board is at the moment discussing with the NIMC to work out the grey areas for seamless implementation in the next exercise“, he said.
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Dasuki Arabi then promised that the bureau will work with JAMB and NIMC in the future in order to migrate to the nation’s data ecosystem as the Nigerian Immigration Service did. He also urged JAMB to strengthen its capacity and render quality service to the public with the Self-Assessment Tool developed by the bureau. “The SAT facility enables organisations to assess themselves in terms of what they have done or not done. By so doing, gaps can be identified and solutions proffered in real-time“, he said.
