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2018 UTME: Jigawa candidate scores 311, highest so far

 

Aliyu Muhammed Sani Kaigama, a young candidate from Jigawa State has so far emerged the best candidate in the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME).
Kaigama, who finished his secondary school education from the Academy for the Gifted and Talented Bamaina School in Jigawa, reportedly scored 311.
Mansur Ahmed, a media aide to the former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido shared the story of the young lad’s academic feat on Facebook in Hausa Language.
Below is the English translation of what Mansur wrote; “The candidate who got the highest scores comes from Jigawa. Aliyu Muhammed Sani Kagawa is the candidate with the highest JAMB scores so far this year.
“There have been calls lately to the Governor of Jigawa State Mohammed Mohammed Badaru Abubakar to sponsor this young brilliant guy to study abroad so as to reach his maximum potential,” he wrote.


…JAMB to release other results, today

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has urged its 2018 UTME candidates to patiently await the results of the just concluded examinations.
The Head of Media of JAMB, Fabian Benjamin, stated this in an interview with newsmen on Saturday in Abuja.
He said the board was working diligently to ensure that the results are processed and posted on the board’s website soonest.
Benjamin said modalities were being put in place to ensure all the results are transparent and accurate.
He reiterated that the board was delaying some of the results because each has to undergo total scrutiny before being posted on its website to avoid cancellations later.
According to him, some of the results would be ready by Monday, March 19.
He also assured that all technical difficulties encountered in accessing the website were being addressed.
A number of candidates, who sat for the examinations earlier, were yet to receive their results.
While some said that they received reply of “your results are not ready yet,” others complained that the site says “you did not register for this examination.”
The examination which was scheduled to end on Saturday, March 17 ended a day earlier.

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