The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has withheld the results of over 80,000\u00a0candidates who sat for the recently concluded 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.<\/p>\n
According to the Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, who disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja,\u00a0the results were withheld for various reasons cases of exam malpractices.<\/p>\n
He also said there were about 3, 811 candidates who registered late for the examination with findings revealing that more than half of then had earlier registered.<\/p>\n
Oloyede noted that the results were released within the 24 hours of each examination in compliance with their promise to deliver the results in a timely manner.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cSo far, we have released 1,606,901 results leaving us with a balance of 80,889 and out of which we have deliberately withheld 76,123 because of examination malpractices.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet me say that we released the results within 24 hours but if it is left for me I would have withheld the result until we clear all outstanding issues.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, I want to announce to you ahead of time that if I am in charge by next year, I will not release the results immediately until all the issues are resolved,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n
Speaking further, the JAMB boss said they would ensure that all candidates whose results were withheld after verification are released before the next academic session.<\/p>\n