Posted on: 12:08 Sun, 02 Apr 2017



The Benue State Joint Admission Matriculation Board [JAMB] Chapter has accused most commercial banks for causing delay in the ongoing 2017 UTME Registration, this was because of the difficulties encountered in their bids to register for the 2017/2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations [UTME].

The Banks accused has replied that JAMB is solely responsible for generating the Personal Identification Number (PIN), which was the main cause of the delay.

Mr Simeon Isimishere, the Operations Manager of Zenith Bank, Makurdi branch, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Friday in Makurdi that the banks were not responsible for the delays experienced by applicants seeking to register the JAMB examinations.

Isimishere expressed surprise at the allegations by Mr Samuel Umuru, Head of JAMB office in Makurdi, that the banks were responsible for the delays and confusion.

“`How can JAMB blame the banks? Generating the PINs is the main headache and that is solely handled by JAMB.

The banks only issue what has been generated and given to them, so how can one blame them?” he asked.

He said that the banks only receive the payments and issue the PINs. “The problem is that after getting the PINs, most applicants are unable to access the JAMB website.”

He explained that the initial PINs that were generated by the board had issues and could not be activated. The official, however, disclosed that the banks were working with the board to resolve the issues and announced that the problems had been “brought down to the barest minimum”.