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Grace Edema
Published 12:22 am
On March 26, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said it was mandatory for every candidate to supply their National Identification Number before registering for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. GRACE EDEMA writes about the challenges and stress prospective candidates go through to register for the NIN
Last Thursday afternoon, the National Identification Number registration centre at the Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, was overcrowded as applicants pressed on each other to get their registration done.
The applicants, many of whom were students and some in their school uniforms, were sweating profusely under the scorching sun hoping to be called or given a number when next to come back to check if it was yet their turn.