JAMB to begin sale of 2017 UTME form, Expects 1.7m candidates to apply – Registrar, Prof. Oloyede

The Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, Tuesday hinted that the body would soon commence the sale of the application form for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME).
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Oloyede said an estimated 1.7 million candidates are expected register and sit for the Computer Based Test (CBT) across the country, adding that they are also increasing the capacity of the CBT centres to maximise their effectiveness to examine more candidates within a given date.

The Chief Executive Officer of JAMB made this known at the Green Legacy, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, while fielding questions from journalists shortly after a meeting of the JAMB officials and other stakeholders regarding the new Information Technology being introduced into the system to make it less stressful to candidates.

Nigeria GDP Hits N80.3 Trillion ($509.9bn) T o Emerge Continent’s Biggest Economy, 5th Country With Extremely Poor Oeople In The Globe

Nigeria GDP Hits N80.3 Trillion ($509.9bn) T o Emerge As Continent’s Biggest Economy, 5th Country With Extremely Poor Oeople In The Globe

Nigeria Government has declared a Gross Domestic Product, GDP, of N80.3 trillion ($509.9bn), pushing ahead of South Africa as the biggest economy on the African continent. The new GDP compares with South Africa’s GDP of N60.7 trillion ($370.3bn) at the end of 2013.