The Federal Government has directed all trainees under Cohort 2 of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programme to undergo a fresh biometric enrolment, following the discovery of irregularities in the initial registration process.
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The directive, issued through the National TVET Office and conveyed by the National Coordinator and Technical Assistant to the Minister of Education, Dr Nabila Mohammed Agwai, is aimed at restoring credibility to the system after reports that some centres registered individuals who never physically attended training sessions, while others duplicated entries for single participants.
Nigeria Startup News gathered that the development prompted the Federal Ministry of Education to overhaul the biometric process in order to eliminate cases of “double entry” and ensure that only verified trainees remain on the programme database.
Under the revised process, the previous three-finger biometric capture method has been scrapped and replaced with a compulsory ten-finger capture requirement. All trainees, including those who had completed the earlier registration, are now mandated to return to their designated centres for a fresh enrolment exercise.
The ministry stressed that compliance with the updated biometric system is directly linked to the disbursement of the monthly stipend of ₦22,500. Trainees who fail to complete the new enrolment will not be recognised on the payment portal and risk losing their allowance.
Affected participants have been instructed to report physically to their respective training centres to complete the process. At the Jekadafari centre in Gombe, trainees are expected to appear on Monday, 27 April 2026, by 10:00am to finalise their registration.
Officials further advised trainees to come prepared with proof of centre allocation, such as confirmation emails or their TVET dashboard records, and to ensure their fingers are clean and free from substances that could affect biometric capture.
The government warned that failure to comply with the directive may lead to delisting from the programme, underscoring the urgency of the re-enrolment exercise as part of efforts to safeguard transparency and accountability within the TVET scheme.
