Poor network and delayed response from telecommunication service providers have marred the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry registration by candidates. Each Short Message Service (SMS) cost N50 on the major telecoms service providers. Oloyede also lamented that parents were being extorted by telecoms service providers by sending request unsuccessfully to the telcos. “We have reached this agreement with Digital Pulse that we will work with the service providers to make sure that the service providers refund where they have taken money from candidates. The 624 new cases reported between March 28 and April 3 is a reduction from the 849 recorded the previous week…Poor network, delayed response mar UTME registrationPoor network, delayed response mar UTME registration

Source: Nigerian Tribune April 26, 2021 17:26 UTC