He announced that the new deadline for registration is Dec. 17, 2023.
The panel recommended that Ms Ejikeme undergo psychological counselling and therapy following the controversy she stirred up.
He mentioned that the cut-off mark is the minimum, but universities do not have to comply as institutions can set a higher cut-off mark.
Mr Benjamin announced that the board had again remitted N2 billion as its interim surplus for the 2023 operating year.
JAMB said that the new policy was to ensure that the DE candidates justify the possession of their A Level certificates.
He said JAMB was aware of candidates with special needs who may not favourably compete with candidates without special needs.
The adjustment in the date of the UTME was to accommodate some other major and critical national assignments.
Some vice-chancellors backed the decision.
“By the next three years, the cut-off marks for universities will be 80 and polytechnics 50.”
JAMB says it will further screen 27,105 results of candidates who wrote the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
