The Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, has disclosed that no fewer than 1.94 million candidates sat for the 2024 examinations in the country.
He gave the figures on Wednesday in Kaduna, while inspecting Computer Based Test (CBT) centres in the state amidst the ongoing JAMB examinations.
Oloyede observed that at the end of the examination today, less than 100,000 candidates would remain in Lagos, Benue and other states in the country.
The JAMB Registrar further stated that the pace at which JAMB cleared candidates and captured biometrics made the exercise faster.
According to him, the move was part of JAMB’s re-engineering process towards ensuring a hitch-free exercise.
The Registrar frowned at examination cheaters, saying “It does not pay”.
He said most of the cases were candidates with double National Identification Number, NIN, adding that JAMB would take up the issue with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).
The Registrar, however, thanked parents for their support, recalling that they were seen loitering around examination centres disturbing in previous years.
