Of the 1,662,762 registered candidates for the 2018 Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB examination, Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, Imo State indigenes top the list of candidates that registered for the examination.
The registrar of JAMB, Is-haq Oloyede, who gave a breakdown of duly registered candidates for the UTME, said the number of registered candidates for the 2018 UTME decreased by 55,642 compared with the 2017 figure of1,718,425 candidates.
Top 10 UTME Applications By Candidates’ States of Origin.
S/N STATES TOTAL
1 IMO 92890
2 OYO 86695
3 OSUN 86044
4 OGUN 80371
5 DELTA 80052
6 ANAMBRA 72747
7 EDO 66437
8 KADUNA 65881
9 KANO 64723
10 ONDO 63894
The examination which began Friday, March 9, will end on March 17.