Members of the Nigerian House of Representatives have called for the extension of the deadline for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration.
The call was made following the adoption of a motion made by the House Member representing Kano state under APC, Damburam Nuhu, on Tuesday.
In the motion, Nuhu called for one-month extension on the exercise, saying that it would create additional time for more prospective applicants to register for the examination.
He said that the slow process of the registration is frustrating some applicants from registering.
According to him, some of the JAMB approved centres are registering 250 applicants at a time and most of them are not spacious and do not have adequate computers.
He urged the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to specify requirements, including safety measures, which qualified any centre to participate in the conduct of the UTME computer-based test.
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The lawmaker also stated the need for the house to invite the JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, to explain the proficiency of the computer-based process of registration for applicants in rural areas.
The house mandated its Committee on Tertiary Education and Services to liaise with JAMB to ensure that the extension call was honoured.
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am in support in the extension of the registration date it will help us the applicant bcoz the time is too short