- JAMB has announced the candidates who scored the highest in this year’s UTME
- Three candidates scored 367, among other top performers
- Nigerians reacted, some congratulated the candidates, others noticed that some tribes were missing from the list
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that 13 candidates scored the highest in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), with three of them achieving the highest score of 367 out of the total score of 400.
The Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede made the announcement during a presentation at JAMB’s policy meeting in Abuja on Thursday July 18.
He also revealed that only 8,401 candidates scored above 300 in the examination, 77,070 scored 250 and above while 439,974 candidates scored 200 and above.
The top scorers scored within 367 to 363.
Top scorers in 2024 UTME
- Olowu David - 367 (Ondo State)
- Alayande David - 367 (Oyo State)
- Orukpe Joel - 367 (Edo State)
- Emmanuel Jeremiah - 366 (Akwa Ibom State)
- Essiet Etini - 365 (Akwa Ibom State)
- Ezenwoko Zara - 365 (Abia State)
- Umoh Joshua - 365 (Akwa Ibom State)
- Mamudu Abdulraham - 364 (Edo State)
- Adeleke Abdulbasit - 363 (Kwara State)
- Echem Victor - 363 (Rivers State)
- Etute Emmanuel - 363 (Edo State)
- Jedidiah Chidiebube - 363 (Imo State)
- Adesanya Oluwatimilehin - 363 (Ogun State)
Nigerians react to UTME top scorers’ list
Some Nigerians reacted to the news congratulating the candidates and hailing the candidates from their state. Some expressed worry that none of the top scorers came from their state, while others claimed a tribe has been marginalised even in education.
Here are some of the comments:
@trust_app4917 posted: “Hausa no sabi book?”
@JOHNSTAMPA posted: “Chai my state no get hot heads again all dn go HK.”
@arenaofinfo posted: “Hahaha. Marginalisation of Igbos don enter education sector too? Just to discredit Peter Obi. We're watching.”
He added that “Igbos used to take first and second positions. It's just that recently people have been attributing the good performance of Igbos in education to Peter Obi's legacies, that's why they now want to twart it.”
@nuellaluchi posted: “Congratulations to them.”
@Kakanfo_ posted: “Yoruba people always on top. I guess Jamb don dey close down their special centers where criminals do exam malpractices and inflate fake scores like we had last year.”
@Bidal4Life posted: “You no go see Hausa people for this kain place
But in 30 years time nah dem go still rule us. Lmaooo.”
@AbolajiGNF posted: “One particular tribe is missing if na for terrorist you go see them here.”
@Innie023 posted: “Akwa Ibom. So if these candidates are not up to 18, they won't get admission.”
@VitaminTiobong posted: “I saw my state. I smiled.”
“Misplaced priority”: Nigerians react as FG bans admission for under-18 candidates
Meanwhile, TheRadar earlier reported that the Federal Government had announced a ban on admission for underage candidates into tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
The Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman made the announcement on Thursday during the 2024 policy meeting on Admissions to tertiary institutions organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB).