Individuals seeking to gain admission into the National Open University of Nigeria and other open distance learning centres are now mandated to register via the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB)
In an advisory released by JAMB and made available to Newsmen in Abuja, the Board promised to make the registration process as seamless as possible.
The latest move is said to be aimed at checkmating nefarious activities in the admission process involving fraudulent characters who compromise candidates’ records through dubious registration channels
JAMB directed all applicants desirous of studying in Nigerian tertiary institutions to provide their N.I.N while registering for any programme of study in any tertiary institutions in Nigeria irrespective of whether the mode of study is regular or non-regular.
Similarly, the advisory noted that all previous candidates in non-regular programmes, who had not integrated their N.I.N or unique phone number on the Board’s platform, would have to create a profile using their respective N.I.Ns to access any of the services of the Board.