This was revealed by the registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, in Abuja.
By Deborah Hassan
365Daily – Miss Umeh Kamsiyochukwu Nkechinyere, a female candidate from Anambra State, has been declared the best candidate in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) examination after scoring 360.
This was revealed by the registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, in Abuja, at a meeting with heads of tertiary institutions in the country on the 2023 admission into tertiary institutions.
Nkechinyere, who sat for the examination in Ogun State, is seeking admission to the University of Lagos (UNILAG) to study chemical engineering.
In second place, Oloyede said, is Aguele Stephen Oseruha, a male candidate from Edo State, who scored 358. He sat for the examination in Edo State, and applied to University of Benin (UNIBEN) to study computer engineering.
Oseruha was closely followed by another male candidate, Ositade Oluwafemi Anthony, who is from Ogun State and took the examination in Ogun State.
The candidate also scored 358 and applied to study computer engineering at University of Lagos (UNILAG).