The Hustle and the Pains

When I got the phone call concerning the Post UME exams that I had to write in Jos, I came online to print out the instructions page so I could see what the requirements was. It was then that I realised that we(the students) needed to pay a certain amount of money to some banks which were listed on the instructions page and get an access code which we were supposed to use for the online registration.

I set off to the Bank on Monday morning as early as 7:30am  because I didnt want to stand on the usually long and annoying que in the bank.

I got to Oceanic bank first and I was told to go to their main branch in Wuse. I left the bank and took a bus to Wuse and that was just the beginning of my frustration.

To cut the long story short, in total I entered 11 different banks and none of them was able to give me the access code and their reason was because the school hadn’t given them instructions at that moment and they also said if we were allowed to pay up, the access codes we will be given will be useless.

So I gave up and prepared to leave for Jos the next day because I knew I will find a bank that was instructed to give out the access code. But when I got to Jos, a MILLION AND ONE students were looking for the same thing. At about 8am in the morning, the banks looked as if soldier ants had invaded the whole premises.

It actually took me THREE days to get the access code and complete the registration.

And then came another problem.

On the day of the exam, we went to the venue of the exams, expecting to be through by 4pm at most but what greeted us was beyond our expectations.

The first paper which was English Language was brought at about 12:30pm and started the exam at 12:50pm, we eventually finished by 2pm and we waited for the second paper but we waited in vain till 7pm when we were asked to come back the second day to complete our exams.

It was so sad because so many students couldnt get back to their various homes because the city of Jos have a curfew of 7pm for commercial vehicle and motorcycle operators.

It was a really bad day for so many students including me as we began to find our way back to our various homes.

Really I hope this sort of thing doesnt happen again.

The Post UME results is due to be out in 2 weeks,

I am getting into the Higher Institution this year,

NOTHING IS GONNA STOP ME FROM ACHIEVING THAT DREAM