Cursory: Oyo, Ogun, others lead in UTME 2024 applications, see full details.


Three south-west states have emerged as the states with the highest number of applicants for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). According to data from Statisense, a data company, Oyo, Ogun, and Osun states top the list of 12 states with the highest applications for the 2024 UTME.
The announcement was made via Statisense’s X handle (formerly known as Twitter) @StatiSense on Sunday, April 14. Following closely behind Oyo, Ogun, and Osun are Imo and Delta states, completing the top five states with the highest number of 2024 UTME applications.
1. Oyo state- 123,636
2. Ogun – 114,435
3. Osun -110,854
4. Imo – 102,741
5. Delta – 91,344
6. Benue – 87,110
7. Kogi – 86,836
8. Anambra – 78,981
9. Kaduna – 77,069
10. Enugu – 73,867
11. Kwara – 73,746
12. Kano – 72,758
Four northern states of Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara and the FCT are the states with the lowest applications in the 2024 UTME
Kebbi – 17,658 35.
Sokoto – 17,447 36.
Zamfara – 9,473 37.
FCT – 8,020
According to the post, the total number of applications stood at 1,985,642. A further breakdown showed female applicants are 1,005,223 [50.6%] while males are 980,419 [49.4%].
Credits: ALLSCHOOL, legit.ng
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