PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has projected that Nigeria will witness a significant decline in reinvestments, a reversal in revenue growth rate, and decreased profit margins, resulting in lower tax revenues due to current business pressures in 2024.
The company warned that any further increase in taxes would exacerbate the decline in reinvestments and accelerate the potential exit of corporations from Nigeria.
In a 2024 Nigerian economic outlook released yesterday, PwC stated that although GDP may grow marginally by 2.9 percent due to sustained policy reforms, growth prospects could be limited by el
BY HENRY TYOHEMBA, Abuja
Students seeking for admission into the Nigerian Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) and other open distance learning centres are now mandated to register through the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB).
JAMB’s public communication advisor, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, confirmed this new development to LEADERSHIP yesterday.
With the development, candidates are also expected to register with their unique National Identification Number to check nefarious activities in the system.
Also, in an advisory released by JAMB in Abuja, the board promised to make the registration process as seamless as possible.
The advisory reads, “As part of measures to checkmate the nefarious activities of fraudulent characters, who are scheming to compromise candidates’ records through dubious registration channels and in compliance with its enabling act, JAMB has mandated that all applicants desirous of studying in Nigerian tertiary institutions must provide their NIN while registering for any programme of study in any tertiary institutions in Nigeria irrespective of whether the mode of study is regular and non-regular.
“Consequently, it has now become mandatory for all prospective candidates in the non-regular category (NOUN, Distance Learning, Part-time and Sandwich programmes) to create a profile code before registering with JAMB by sending their NIN through their unique phone number to either of the board’s sort code (55019 or 66019).
Similarly, the advisory noted that all previous candidates in the non-regular programmes who had not integrated their NIN or unique phone number on the Board’s platform would have to create a profile using their respective NINs to access any of the Board’s services.
“JAMB, as a responsive organisation, will continue to make the registration process as flexible as possible by making its platform available throughout the year. Therefore, candidates who fall under this category are expected to apply through JAMB before approaching their preferred institutions to process their admission with their respective JAMB registration numbers. They would also be expected to pay a processing fee to their preferred institution as determined by respective institutions.”
