JAMB: GOU VC Awards Scholarship To 15-year-old Lotanna Who Scored 99 In Maths

15-year-old Lotanna Azuokeke who broke Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB) highest score record has been offered a full university scholarship.

The young boy who is a native of Ọba in Idemmili South LGA of Anambra State and attended Bishop Otubelu Juniorate, Trans Ekulu, Enugu State, bagged 99 in Mathematics, the highest point recorded in the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and an overall score of 337 points out of 400 – another record.

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Azuokeke scored 88 marks in chemistry, 86 in physics, and 64 in the English Language, breaking the record set by Chidera Obi who scored 329 marks to emerge overall best, five years ago.

The Nation reports that Azuokeke has been offered a fully-funded scholarship to study Medicine at Godfrey Okoye University (GOU), Enugu state.

It was gathered that the Vice Chancellor of the university, Rev. Fr. Christian Anieke, stated this on Friday, May 5, at the presentation of a car to a university student who was made the VC for a day in the institution.