UTME: Ekiti indigene emerges best candidate.

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  • July 22, 2022
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UTME: Ekiti indigene emerges best candidate.

– Tamarauemi Ebimini

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed that 378,639 of the 1,761,338 who wrote the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations scored 200 and above.

The examinations, which were conducted in 750 CBT centres approved by the Board, ended on May 13, 2022.

Registrar of JAMB, Prof Is-haq Oloyede disclosed this while making a presentation during the 2022 policy meeting in Abuja.

While giving the breakdown of the 2022 examination, Oloyede noted that 378,639 scored above 200; a total of 520,596 candidates scored 190 and above; 704,991 scored 180 and above; 934,103 scored 170 and above; 1,192, 057 scored 160 and above.

Oloyede revealed that an indigene of Ekiti, Adebayo Eyimofe scored the highest mark in the 2022 UTME with 362.

According to a presentation by Prof Oloyede, Adebayo was closely followed by Ugwu Chikelu, an indigene of Enugu state with a score of 359.

Speaking further, Oloyede noted that the board allowed candidates with awaiting results to register for the 2022 UTME.

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