JAMB Shifts 2023 Mock Examination To March 30
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has shifted the 2023 Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) mock examination earlier scheduled for Thursday, March 16 to Thursday, March 30.
The Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr. Fabian Benjamin told newsmen in Abuja today, March 13, that the shift became necessary because of the postponement of governorship elections from March 11 to March 18.
“Candidates who registered early and indicated their willingness to take the Mock-UTME would be notified as to when to print their Mock-UTME notification slips, which would contain their centres and other details.
“The Mock-UTME is an optional examination introduced by JAMB to provide opportunity for candidates to have hands-on experience with the system.
“It also affords JAMB an opportunity to ascertain its readiness and that of its partners for the main UTME scheduled to hold between April 29 and May 12, 2023.
“The board also uses this opportunity to announce that the 2023 UTME would witness some ground-breaking innovations to address observed infractions and centre failures.
“For instance, in the new regime, if there is a delay of up to one hour before the commencement of a particular session, that session stands cancelled and would be rescheduled along with the candidates,’’ he said.
Benjamin said that no examination would be started one hour after the scheduled commencement time as the session would be scheduled for any vacant or available slot
“JAMB has made it mandatory that candidates must be notified of their new scheduled sessions or centres, as the case may be, before they leave their original centre.
“In addition, no candidate would be allowed to spend less than one hour before submission of responses during the UTME.
“Similarly, the new regime would make it impossible for candidates to login after one hour of activation of examination.
“If for any reason an examination session is cancelled or cannot hold, candidates are not to panic as they will simply be scheduled for the next available session, which could be that same day,’’’ he said.
Benjamin called on candidates who might experience delays to log into the system to quietly leave the hall and move to the “Holding Area’’ to await further instructions.
He advised candidates not to leave the examination centre until they had been notified of the day and time of their rescheduled examination.
“Candidates are to note that any rescheduled examination is strictly to accommodate only those whose examination session could not hold on account of one reason or another.
“It is not for those who were marked LATE or ABSENT for their session.”
Source: NAN
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Race For Governorship Of Jigawa: Namadi Of APC Holds The Aces, By Abdullah Zubayr
The current Jigawa State Deputy Governor, Mallam Umar Namadi has since emerged the Gubernatorial flag bearer of his All Progressives Congress (APC), going into the Saturday, March 18 election with many things working in his favour.
Aside from the incumbency factor, other factors have been identified to be strongly in his favour in the race to the Government House in Dutse.
Speaking to news men in Abuja, the Chief Executive Officer of Emeralds Green-Label Insurance Brokers, Mallam Mikhail Abdulmalik said that he had known Namadi for over 20 years and that given what he knew about the chartered accountant turned politician, he may have been divinely prepared for the position he’s now contesting for in the State.
Abdulmalik noted that the APC governorship candidate was a disciplined and thorough-bred financial expert whose wealth of experinece in both private and public service would add enormous value to good governance. “And this is evident in the various positions he has occupied in the State from the Commissioner of Finance to Deputy Governor,” he said.
Abdulmalik, a chartered insurance broker explained that Namadi is an acknowledged humble man flushed with deep fear of God and he’s widely interacted indiscriminately.
He added that the governorship hopeful parades impeccable academic credentials matched with morals, humility, thoroughness and sound leadership capacity.
According to Abdulmalik, another salient factor that would work in his favour is that since the creation of Jigawa State in 1991 and the subsequent birth of democracy in 1999, Namadi’s Senatorial district, Jigawa Northeast (Hadeija emirate) has never produced the State Governor saved the other two – Jigawa North West (Gumel, Kazaure and Ringim Emirates) and Jigawa South West (Dutse Emirate). The two districts have each produced the civilian governor twice respectively.
“Now that his district has got the ticket to field Namadi, a consummate technocrat and silent philanthropist as flag bearer of the ruling APC that has also done so well in the State, I see him ambling his way to the Government House following his victory at the polls come Saturday, March 18, 2023, God willing, he posited.
lt would be recalled that Namadi had promised in his manifestos to ensure that Jigawa State’s resources were efficiently and prudently utilized and that the State’s economy would be diversified to create job opportunities for the teeming youths.
Acknowledging that the State is agrarian, he also promised to prioritise agriculture, environment, healthcare, education as well as urban and rural infrastructure development. He also intend to invest in technology and innovation.