Nigeria, Nov. 14 -- The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, asked the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to suspend its "no NIN, no JAMB" policy until 2021.

This followed the adoption of a motion moved by Zainab Gimba (APC-Borno).

The National Identity Number (NIN) is the nation's database capturing exercise-driven data towards assigning a unique identity to every Nigerian.

JAMB, in September, through Fabian Benjamin, its spokesperson, had informed prospective candidates that the NIN will be compulsory for the UTME registration in 2020.

Mr Benjamin explained that the move was aimed at ensuring the biometric and other necessary details of candidates were captured, to check examination malpractice.

The lawmakers lauded t...