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JAMB withholds 111,981 UTME results

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6 years ago

March 21, 2018

The results of no less than 111,981 candidates who sat for the last 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have been seized by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

That much information was revealed in a statement by JAMB’s Head of Public Affairs, Dr. Fabian Benjamin who also informed that the seized results were withheld for “further screening” while it had released 1,502,978 results.

Dr Benjamin also noted that the results were released nationwide after they had gone through all security checks and found to be without malpractice but that of 350 blind candidates, who took the 2018 UTME, had yet to be released.

He said, “After viewing all CCTV footages during the conduct of the 2018 UTME and considering reports from our supervisors, monitors and other independent Nigerians, JAMB has released the results of 1,502,978 candidates.

“1,652,825 candidates had indicated interest in the examination by registering for the 2018 UTME.

Also, 112,331 results are yet to be released out of which 350 are the results of the blind candidates which would be released soon and 111,981 results withheld for further screening.

“The figures above exclude foreign candidates whose examination will be conducted in April.”

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