By Gift Samuel, The Sight News
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of (1,502,978) One Million, Five Hundred and Two thousand, Nine Hundred and Seventy-Eight candidates who sat for the 2018 UTME.
The Head, Public Affairs JAMB, Fabian Benjamin in a statement on Tuesday revealed that (112,331) One Hundred and Twelve Thousand, Three Hundred and Thirty-One candidates results are yet to be released out of which (350) Three Hundred and Fifty are the results of the blind candidates which would be released soon.
Meanwhile, he said that (111,981) One Hundred and Eleven Thousand, Nine Hundred and Eighty-One results were withheld for further screening.
He noted that the figure above excludes foreign candidates whose examination would be conducted in April.
Benjamin stated that the results were made known by the Board after “Viewing all CCTV footage during the conduct of the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and considering reports from our supervisors, monitors and other independent Nigerians who took interest in promoting the quality of public examination in Nigeria”.
He further recalled that a total of (1,652,825) One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty-Two Thousand, Eight Hundred and Twenty-Five candidate had indicated interest in the examination by registering for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
