Post Utme 2015: 11 Federal Institutions Made Over N1.5Bn!

Eleven federal universities are to share the sum of N1,577,414,000 or 1.5billion Naira in the on going post UTME exercise across tertiary institutions nationwide.

Year in year out as students in Nigeria conclude their secondary school education, they aspire to further their studies in tertiary institutions. The first step in the series of stepping stones is WAEC, GCE or NECO, then comes JAMB. The last is post UTME which some quarters say is irrelevant since JAMB exists and others say is important as tertiary institutions use it to further “sift the dirt from the shaft.”

Upon the purchase of University of Benin post-UTME forms, 60, 020 applicants, at 3,550 Naira each, would add 213,071,000/213million to the school’s coffers. Being renowned for having the highest number of applicants, University of  Ilorin has 85, 945 applicants who picked up the forms at 4000naira each and provided the school with 343,780,000/ 343million. The Lion’s Den was not left out as the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, with  57, 539 prospective students, at N2,000 trapped 115,078,000/ N115million.

Birthed by Delta State Government, Delta State University would bracket 236,562,000 / 236 million, from 78,854 applicants at N3,000 each, whether they are admitted or not, whether they succeed in writing the exam or not. In the heart of the nation’s economic capital, University of Lagos, with  49,059 applicants would bag 96,236,000/ 196 million at N4,000 per form.

The first capital of the nation, Calabar in Cross River State which hosts University of Calabar has generated  N116,837,500/ 116million from  17,975 applicants at 6,500 per form.

Thirty eight thousand five hundred and twenty (38,520) applicants purchased UTME form at N4,500 from University of Ibadan, that would accrue  N173,340,000 to the institution. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, which exists for learning and culture charged each of the 34,409 applicants N3,500 and bagged N120,431,500/ 120million.

Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and University of Port-Harcourt both charged 52, 785 and 28, 254 applicants respectively  N2,000 for UTME and bagged N105,570,000 and N56,508,000 respectively.

Despite the large number of applicants, the highest number that can be admitted in varsities is five to six thousand. The question then is; what happens to the rest?