UTME 2024: See what lawyer wrote to JAMB concerning names, scores of 10 best candidates

• The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has been fixed a 7-day ultimatum to merchandise names and scores of the 10 champion UTME candidates
• An Abuja-based lawyer, Chief Chukwuma Nwachukwu, said his petition is successful enactment with provisions of the FOI Act
• Nwachukwu argued that it was incorrect for JAMB to withhold the names and scores of the 10 champion UTME candidates

Legit.ng writer Adekunle Dada has implicit 5 years of acquisition covering basal and tertiary education successful Nigeria and worldwide

FCT, Abuja - An Abuja-based lawyer, Chief Chukwuma Nwachukwu, has written to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) requesting to beryllium furnished with names and scores of the 10 champion candidates successful the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) wrong 7 days.

Legit.ng recalls that the JAMB released the 2024 UTME results connected Tuesday, April 29.

Nwachukwu invoked the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) against JAMB Photo credit: @drpenking
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Why JAMB should merchandise details of apical UTME candidates

Nwachukwu said the determination to constitute to JAMB is successful enactment with the Freedom of Information Act (FOI)

The lawyer said it was incorrect for JAMB to withhold accusation astir its apical scorers aft giving a breakdown of the show of candidates who sat for the examination.

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

“The names and scores of the 10 champion students and their respective performances successful the supra examination.”“The supra exertion is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act, 2011 which provides that. “Notwithstanding thing contained successful immoderate different Act, instrumentality oregon regulation, the close of immoderate idiosyncratic to entree oregon petition information, whether oregon not contained successful immoderate written form, which is successful the possession of immoderate nationalist official, bureau oregon instauration howsoever described oregon established."

JAMB 2024: Award-winning teen scores 345 successful UTME

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

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

Munachimso scored 69 successful English Language, 95 successful Mathematics, 86 successful Chemistry and 95 successful Physics to marque the database of the 0.5% of UTME candidates who scored 300 and above.

Source: Legit.ng