The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has shifted the date for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Recall that the board had earlier confirmed March 16 as the date approved for the examination.
The development comes as an effect of the postponed 2019 general elections.
The pools were to open on February 16 with the presidential and parliamentary elections until the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced a shift.
The 2019 election will now hold on February 23 while the state elections will also hold a week later on March 9.
This year, the sale of registration forms to all candidates (UTME/DE) including those outside Nigeria, started January 10 and will end on February 21.
The examination is expected to begin on March 16 and end on 23 at JAMBs Computer-Based Test centres nationwide.
Meanwhile, officials close to the board told Premium Times that the examination date has been shifted from March 16 to April 16 because of the general elections.
The board is however yet to confirm the new development though it has shifted the mock examination slated for February 23 because of the presidential election that is slated to hold that day.
Speaking with the medium in a telephone interview on Wednesday, JAMBs spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, said the scheduled date for the mock examination would be communicated shortly.
