UTME 2024: Lawyer Gives JAMB 7-Day Ultimatum To Release Names, Scores of 10 Best Candidates

• The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has been given a 7-day ultimatum to release names and scores of the 10 best UTME candidates
• An Abuja-based lawyer, Chief Chukwuma Nwachukwu, said his request is in line with provisions of the FOI Act
• Nwachukwu argued that it was wrong for JAMB to withhold the names and scores of the 10 best UTME candidates

Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 5 years of experience covering basic and tertiary education in Nigeria and worldwide

FCT, Abuja – An Abuja-based lawyer, Chief Chukwuma Nwachukwu, has written to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) requesting to be furnished with names and scores of the 10 best candidates in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) within seven days.

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Nwachukwu said the decision to write to JAMB is in line with the Freedom of Information Act (FOI)

The lawyer said it was wrong for JAMB to withhold information about its top scorers after giving a breakdown of the performance of candidates who sat for the examination.

As reported by Vanguard, Nwachukwu asked the JAMB registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, to supply him with the following information:

“The names and scores of the 10 best students and their respective performances in the above examination.”

“The above application is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act, 2011 which provides that. “Notwithstanding anything contained in any other Act, law or regulation, the right of any person to access or request information, whether or not contained in any written form, which is in the possession of any public official, agency or institution howsoever described or established.”

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Legit.ng earlier reported that a 16-year-old Nwokoro Munachimso Nnanna got the attention of Nigerians with his outstanding performance of 345 in the just-released 2024 UTME results.

The award-winning student of the Federal Government Academy, Suleja had an aggregate score of 345.

Munachimso scored 69 in English Language, 95 in Mathematics, 86 in Chemistry and 95 in Physics to make the list of the 0.5% of UTME candidates who scored 300 and above.

Source: Legit.ng