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Jamb releases 2019 results

By Abisola Olasupo
11 May 2019   |   12:06 pm
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board has released the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results. “Today, we are releasing the results of 1,792,719 candidates,” JAMB registrar Ishaq Oloyede said in Abuja on Saturday. “Some 34,120 results are being withheld including the results of 15,145 candidates being further clarified as identical twins and siblings,” he…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board has released the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results.

“Today, we are releasing the results of 1,792,719 candidates,” JAMB registrar Ishaq Oloyede said in Abuja on Saturday.

“Some 34,120 results are being withheld including the results of 15,145 candidates being further clarified as identical twins and siblings,” he added.

Oloyede further noted that 1,886,508 candidates registered for the exams across the country Which includes candidates who registered at foreign centres.

“Out of this number, which excludes the Direct Entry candidates, 59,667 were absent. A total of 1,826,839 sat the UTME,” he added.

He, however, affirmed that the thousands of results withheld are still undergoing investigation.

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