JAMB sets date for 2026 UTME mop-up exam

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has fixed Saturday, 13th June, 2026 for the behaviour of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME mop-up examination.

The workout is for each candidates who presented themselves and were biometrically verified for the 2026 UTME but were incapable to beryllium the introspection for 1 crushed oregon another.

The Board made this known successful a connection by its spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, connected Monday successful Abuja.

DAILY POST recalls that the 2026 UTME was conducted betwixt 23rd and 29th April, 2026. 

Meanwhile, immoderate centres were said to person experienced method challenges which made it intolerable for a fig of candidates to beryllium the examination. 

Similarly, immoderate results were subsequently withdrawn implicit introspection infractions, portion immoderate candidates who presented themselves for the introspection could not beryllium verified biometrically. 

According to JAMB, each specified candidates person been listed for the mop-up examination, stating that the mop-up introspection represents the last signifier of the yearly UTME exercise.

It added that the mop-up introspection serves arsenic an accidental to code each outstanding introspection challenges involvin...