Imo State has the highest number of candidates for the 2016 examination of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to be conducted from Saturday, February 27, and expected to last not more than 14 days.
A statement issued yesterday in Abuja by JAMB Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. ’Dibu Ojerinde, showed that a total number of 1,589,175 candidates applied for the 2016 UTME.
The figure shows an increase of 113,673applicants when compared with last year’s figure of 1,475,477.
The statement showed Imo topping the list with 102,727 candidates while the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) came last with 5,069 candidates.
TOP 10 HIGHEST APPLICATIONS BY STATE
Imo 102,727
Osun 83,060
Oyo 81,065
Delta 80,197
Anambra 76,777
Ogun 72,023
Enugu 66,770
Kaduna 65,355
Edo 64,508
Benue 62,140
TOP 10 LOWEST APPLICATIONS BY STATE
FCT 5,069
Zamfara 7,254
Yobe 12,079
Kebbi 12,398
Sokoto 13,443
Jigawa 14,472
Borno 19,723
Bayelsa 19,894
Taraba 20,357
Adamawa 21,025
•Photo shows JAMB Registrar, Prof. ’Dibu Ojerinde.
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