Monwuba Chibuikem, an indigene of Lagos state, has emerged
as the best candidate at the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination
(UTME) with a score of 358.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) broke
the news in a document released during its policy meeting chaired by Adama
Adamu, minister of education, on Tuesday.
According to the document,
Qomarudeen Alabi from Osun and Adeogun Oreoluwa from Ogun jointly snagged the
second spot as they both scored 350.
Ajayi Isaiah from Lagos took the fourth position with a
score of 349 while Okarike Kenneth from Rivers secured the fifth spot with 348.
The trio of Omonona Victor (Oyo), Owoeye Oluwatimilehin (Ekiti),
and Ehizogie Aidelogie (Edo) took the sixth position with 347 while Ajeigbe
Samuel (Ekiti) and Yakubu Joshua (Edo) had 346 and 343 respectively to complete
the top 10.
A breakdown of the top 10 candidates by their states of
origin showed Lagos, Edo and Ekiti had the highest with two students each while
Osun, Oyo, Ogun and Rivers had one each.
The gender composition of the top ten candidates also showed
that the list had nine males with only one female making the cut.
The data showed that five of the students who made the top
10 chose Covenant University as their first-choice institution of study.
Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), University of Lagos
(UNILAG), Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Federal University of
Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), and Nnamdi Azikwe University (UNIZIK), Awka had
one applicant each.
When their programmes of study were also examined, the data
showed all candidates that made the top 10 applied for engineering and science
courses.
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