13,000 candidates for UTME in Jigawa — Official

The Jigawa State office of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Friday said it registered 13,000 candidates for 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in the state.
The JAMB Coordinator in the state, Malam Labaran Iliyasu, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse that the examination would be conducted in Dutse, Kafin-Hausa, Gumel, Hadejia and Kazaure local government areas.
Iliyasu said registered candidates would receive Short Message Service and E-mail, indicating their examination centre, date and venue of the examination as from Sunday, February 18, 2018.
The coordinator added that JAMB recorded an increase in the number of candidates who would write the examination and attributed it to proactive measures taken by the board.
Iliyasu said: “Some of the measures taken to enhance the exercise were approval of commercial banks and other financial institutions to sale scratch ‎cards to prospective candidates.
“The system was simplified to enable candidates to obtain pin using their mobile phones.
“The accreditation of registration centres also assisted in the success recorded.”
Iliyasu said the sale of scratch cards had closed, adding however that “those who obtained the pin before the closing date can still register”.