Tales of woe! Confusion Rocks Imo NIN Reg. Centre  # Subscribers flood premises  #Officials accused of demanding bribes # “I’m frustrated”, disabled Man laments

   As early as 6: 45 in the morning of yesterday, Friday, February, 2, 2024,  entrance gate of the Centre, along  Portharcourt road, had already been flooded by over five thousand residents.

     The Statesman roving reporter who also visited Garden Park business centre discovered that different subscribers had thronged these areas in order to be attended to by the officials.

    As at the time of filing this report, the Owerri NIN main gate was visibly closed, while people were spotted making efforts to gain entrance into the premises but Security officers were sighted barring them from making advances towards the gate.

  This urgly development can be said to have heightened apprehension by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) candidates and those on essential duties that have been disconnected by their Network  providers over linkage failures.

  A 69- year- old Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN) subscriber, Mr. Nathaniel Nkwocha, in a frustrated mood, told Statesman, in an interview, that he had visited NINM office for weeks in order to link his Subscriber Identify  Module (SIM) card but has never been attended to.

   “I had visited this place for weeks- all the way from Umuekwune, in Ngor-Okpala Local Government. I thought I would have been given attention based on my condition as a disabled person. I was barred from making calls last month. That is the reason I am here to rectify it”, he said.

    Speaking, a 26-year-old JAMB candidate, Queen Undensi, said, that she does not know what to do in order to obtain the National Identification Number as, according to the candidate, is requested by the board before one writes the examinations.

   “My exam is starting on the 15th of February, 2024. Unfortunately, I am yet to have received a number as required by JAMB from every candidate”.

  A middle-aged man, who prefers to remain anonymous, told this reporter that he arrived there as early as 5.30am to register and pick a tally number to enable him to participate in the registration exercise, describing the system as frustrating.

  Shoe cobbler, Ginika Udoka, disclosed, that he arrived the Centre at 6am and was able to pick a number and after a few hours, he was told to get a printed copy of the registration form and fill before he could be allowed into the premises.

Also, Eucheria Nnani, from Oguta, said, she got to the Centre around 12noon on Wednesday, January, 31, but was told that she came too late and might not be attended to as many others were there before daybreak.

Effort made to reach the Managing Director of the NINM, Owerri Centre, failed as she was said to be in Abuja for an official assignment.