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December 20, 2019
The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC hasdirected its personnel across the country to give preference to, and enroll,all applicants sitting for the 2020 Unified Tertiary MatriculationExaminations, UTME.
NIMC’s Director-General, Aliyu Aziz, who gave the order in astatement in Abuja, said that the aim of the exercise was to ensure that allapplicants sitting for the 2020 UTME are provided with their National IdentityNumber, NIN, in line with the NIMC Act of 2007.
The move is part of the collaboration between NIMC and JointAdmission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, which had made the acquisition of NINcompulsory for applicants sitting for 2020 UTM Examination.
Aziz also advised parents and guardians to guide their wardsin carefully filling the enrollment forms, to ensure that names and date ofbirth are registered correctly.
He also enjoined school authorities and local educationsecretaries to inform and educate parents and students on the importance ofobtaining their National Identity Number.