In a statement by Head, Media and Information of the board, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said the attention of the board was drawn to protests by some alleged prospective candidates in Edo and Lagos states over the closure of the board’s registration portal in preparation to the UTME.
The board sincerely sympathises with the plight of these prospective candidates. It is indeed the wish of the board that the Nigerian youth desirous of tertiary education are given ample opportunity to register for its examination. This is why it began the sale of its application document in August 2015, which is about seven months ago. In the advertisement for the sale of the registration documents, the board clearly stated that the sales would close by January. But due to public appeal it extended the registration process to February.
We all must work to enshrine the culture of discipline in the system and ensure that tertiary institutions calendars are not truncated. It is most unfortunate that some candidates waited until our website was withdrawn before making attempts to register.The statement reads in part.
It noted that every aspiring candidate was expected to know the procedure as proper publicity involving the media was done.
So far, more than one million candidates have registered for the examination on the all CBT platform within and outside the country and over 500 centres accredited within and outside Nigeria.
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