The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said a total of 1,837,011 candidates were successfully captured in the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) programmes.
The exercise took place nationwide between February 19 and March 26.
This is according to the latest weekly bulletin by JAMB which was released in Sunday night.
Considering the N4,700 registration fee paid by each of the candidates, JAMB has generated an estimated revenue of a total of N8.6 billion.
Out of the lump sum, a total of 776 computer-based test centres that took part in the exercise will share an estimated amount of N1.3 billion at the rate of N700 per candidate registered by each of the centres.
The examination body has also pledged support for the CBT centre owners over the sudden increase in the prices of diesel and the erratic power supply suffered nationwide recently.
It said it recognised the plight of its partners, and appealed for their understanding, saying it would seek necessary approvals to grant them the necessary support as may be deemed appropriate.
JAMB had said that an estimated figure of 1.5 million candidates had been targeted for registration during the exercise with an estimated 50,000 candidates per day.
During a tour of the CBT centres during the registration, the JAMB registrar Prof Is-haq Oloyede, said based on the body’s calculation, about 1.5 million candidates were being expected to complete their registration at the end of the exercise.