Kuni Tyessi in Abuja
Over 80 per cent of the 98,232 candidates eligible for Saturday’s nationwide mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) failed to appear, a development the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) attributed to intensified security measures targeting impersonators and exam cheats.
JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who monitored the exercise at the Technology CBT Centre in NAF Valley Estate, Abuja, told journalists that the turnout was alarmingly low with only about 12 per cent of registered candidates showing up across the country.
