2019 JAMB: Lagos, Kaduna & Abuja Recorded Highest Registration of Candidates

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB commenced the 2019 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination, UTME registration its spokesperson Dr Fabian Benjamin said the Board has within  registered 869,709 candidates in a reports gathered by VoiceAirMedia.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB has disclosed that the board has so far registered 869,709 candidates for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, which has been scheduled to hold in March. This information was contained in the weekly bulletin from the office of the Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede.

According to the break down, Lagos State recorded the highest number of registered candidates, with 111,102 candidates,
Kaduna State was second with 59,261 candidates and
the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, had 43,390 registered candidates.

Oyo State has 41,128 candidates;
Benue, 36,080;
Nasarawa, 35,940;
Rivers, 35,749, and
Ogun State, 32,702 candidates.

The three states with the lowest registration are:
Jigawa, with 6,784 candidates;
Sokoto, 4,881 candidates and
Zamfara, 2,427 candidates.

VoiceAirMedia reports that the JAMB 2019 UTME Registration commenced January 10th, 2019 and is expected to end February 21st, 2019.