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JAMB has remitted N5 billion to federal government account -Dr Fabian

The sum of #5 billion has been remitted to the account of the Federal Government by the joint Admissions and Matriculation Board following the conclusion of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.


The development was revealed in the board’s weekly bulletin signed by JAMB’s Head of Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin.

Benjamin while speaking with NAN stated that the Federal Government returned the sum of #2 billion naira to the board to enhance its operations.


“The board returned N5 billion to the Federal Government, but out of that amount, the board was given N2 billion to further enhance its operations,”.

There has been complains across Nigeria with students having challenges in accessing their results through their phones as advised by JAMB.

According to NAN, out of the 1.8 million candidates who registered for the examination, a total of 1,792,719 had their results released by the board.

The results of 34,120 candidates was withheld due to alleged examination malpractice, while results of 15,145 candidates are undergoing further clarification, as in the case of identical twins and siblings, for example.

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