Bernice Larryoboh
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has cancelled the registrations of 817 candidates in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
This was made known by the Jamb Registrar, Professor Is-haq Oloyede on Tuesday during a meeting in Abuja.
Oloyede said the registrations of these candidates were invalid as a result of strange biometric fingerprints in the registration process.
“For the students who allowed other people to add their fingers to their registration procedure. We found that some of them were only naive, because you will hear them saying my finger was hot, and the man added his own”, he said.
He added that some of them did it deliberately for impersonation, knowing that Jamb can’t identify those who are genuine from those who are not genuine.
Oloyede revealed that allowing a registration officer or any other person to add his or her finger during capturing of a candidate’s biometric data can bring about impersonation in the exam as well as give such ‘strange’ persons access to change vital details including exam centre.
The Registrar however revealed that the 817 students would be given another opportunity to re-register for the exam with the centres bearing the cost.