JAMB optimistic of successful 2018 UTME
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it is optimistic that the conduct of its 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), which begins on Friday, will be successful.
The Head, Media and Information of the board, Dr Fabian Benjamin, expressed the optimism in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos.
NAN reports that 1.6 million candidates, inclusive of 367 visually impaired candidates, are participating in the examination scheduled to end on March 17.
According to Benjamin, the board has put logistics in place to ensure the conduct of one of the best examinations in recent times.
“If you come around to the board, you will find out that the atmosphere is relaxed.
“We are fully ready and on top of the game, just as we expect a hitch-free conduct of the examination nationwide.
“Today, we will start with just one session, which has been the tradition every year.
“From tomorrow (Saturday), we shall have the full three sessions for the candidates as stated in their examination slips.
The Registrar and Chief Executive of JAMB, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, had disclosed that a total of 1,662,762 candidates registered for the 2018 UTME.
He had also announced the readiness of the Board for the smooth conduct of the exercise scheduled to hold from 9th to 19th of March, 2018 in all the 605 Computer Based Centres (CBT) nationwide.
CBN injects $355.43m into currency market
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said on Friday that it has injected $355.43 million into the interbank foreign exchange market, as part of its efforts to boost liquidity and alleviate dollar shortages.
The apex bank said in a statement that the money was released to “meet requests in the agricultural, airlines, petroleum products and raw materials and machinery sectors”.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a report published earlier this week, reiterated its call for Nigeria to scrap its multiple exchange rates and move to a unified rate as quickly as possible.
