By Elizabeth Osayande
Parents of candidates who want to sit for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, have expressed dissatisfaction with the hiccups their wards are encountering getting their National Identification Numbers, NIN.
The difficulties being experienced in securing NIN had initially led to the shift in the start of the registration for the examination.
The parents, who poured their feelings on the Facebook page of an education online group, the Concerned Parents & Educators, CPE, said the pressure to get the NIN has caused pains to many candidates who want to register for the examination.
For a parent, Mr. Francis Peter, the approach JAMB took was uncalled for. He said: “If you take the wrong approach to do something good, it will be abused.