JAMB PREPARES TO REMIT CLOSE TO 8.6bn TO FED GOV FOR UTME2018
An official of the Joint Admission And Matriculation Board [Jamb] has recently disclosed that the board has generated up to N8.453 billion from the sales of forms in 2018.
This revenue came from payments made by 1,602,762 candidates who registered for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) held across the country in March and also from registration fees paid by 135, 670.00 Direct Entry (DE) candidates.
At this moment, it is not certain how much the board will be remmiting to the coffers of the Federal Government. But According to the source, it will be close to last years figure which was N7.8 billion.
The source also disclosed that since the arrival of the jamb Boss Prof Is-haq Oloyede, as the registrar, JAMB had ceased to request funding from the federal government for its capital and recurrent expenditures which is great.
When contacted by the news agency of Nigeria Prof. Oleyede confirmed this to be true but refused to make further comments on it.
Dr Fabian Benjamin, Jamb Head of Publicity/Public relation has also confirmed the information. He however stated that since JAMB direct entry registration and JAMB Change of Course and institution are still on and with that, the revenue is likely going to be more that it is at the moment.
The source also disclosed that since the arrival of the jamb Boss Prof Is-haq Oloyede, as the registrar, JAMB had ceased to request funding from the federal government for its capital and recurrent expenditures which is great.
When contacted by the news agency of Nigeria Prof. Oleyede confirmed this to be true but refused to make further comments on it.
Dr Fabian Benjamin, Jamb Head of Publicity/Public relation has also confirmed the information. He however stated that since JAMB direct entry registration and JAMB Change of Course and institution are still on and with that, the revenue is likely going to be more that it is at the moment.
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