No fewer than 357 prison inmates in Nigeria are set to participate in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) scheduled for tomorrow, May 13.
Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Is-haq Oloyedeboard, who addressed newsmen today, Friday in Abuja said that a total number of 1.7 candidates are expected to sit for the examinations..
Professor Oloyede advised candidates to ignore rumors that the examination has been postponed, even as he asked candidates to go to their respective centres for the examination.
The registrar said that the examinations would still hold as scheduled except for those that have Seven Days Adventist service.
He also advised UTME candidates to always check their e-mails for further updates, noting that some candidates are fond of giving out their passwords and e-mail addresses to strangers in spite of several warnings from the board.
“Candidates should be aware of fraudsters who hide under cyber cafe operators to defraud innocent children.
“We have caught some of them while mischievously collecting money from candidates with the help of some security officers.” [myad]
