No fewer than 300,000 candidates registered for 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in seven days, organisers said on Friday.

WuzupNaija reports that The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) commenced registration of candidates for 2019 all Computer Based Test (CBT) on Jan. 10 and it would close on Feb. 21.

Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Friday said the registration so far has been seamless. He added that the board is happy with the development.

Benjamin further said that candidates with biometric issues must travel to JAMB’s Abuja office for corrections.

He said,

“We are happy with the way the process is going; we hope it will continue this way.

“So far, we have registered over 300,000 candidates as of Thursday.

“We are happy there have not been issues because so far, there is just a tiny gap between the number of candidates that have acquired the e-pin and that of those that have registered,” he said.

Meanwhile, JAMB had insisted that all candidates with issues of biometrics must go over to Abuja for it to be rectified.

“I want to reiterate the fact that only the Registrar of the board has the sole right to attend to such issues.

“Any candidate who may have issues with the capturing of his or her fingerprints at their respective points of registration will need to come down to our office in Abuja.

“This will require the Chief Executive to do it himself for the purpose of security,” Benjamin said.

This, however, was contrary to calls by some stakeholders urging the board to set up special centres in every state of the country to tackle issues.

The National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN) had argued that asking candidates with biometric issues to travel all the way to Abuja to get such issues sorted out was too demanding, citing dangers of transportation, fares, among others.

Chief Adeolu Ogunbanjo, the second Deputy National President of the Association, said that most parents were barely struggling to get money to get their children and wards registered.

Ogunbanjo said that for those with such biometric issues, travelling to Abuja was an additional burden.