Lotanna Azuokeke: Varsity VC Offers Scholarship to 15-Year-Old Who Smashed JAMB’s Highest Score Record
- Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu state, has offered a medical scholarship to Lotanna Azuokeke for his excellent performance in the 2023 UTME
- Azuokeke set a new record by scoring 337 out of 400 points to break a five-year jinx at the UTME exams
- The 15-year-old was reported to have scored a staggering 99 points in mathematics, 86 in physics, 88 in chemistry and 64 in English
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Enugu, Enugu - Lotanna Azuokeke, a 15-year-old student of Bishop Otubelu Juniorate who smashed the highest score record of the just-concluded 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UMTE), has been offered a university scholarship.
As reported by The Nation, Azuokeke was offered a fully funded scholarship to study medicine at Godfrey Okoye University (GOU), Enugu state.
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Vice Chancellor of the institution, Rev. Fr. Christian Anieke, made this known on Friday, May 5, at the presentation of a car to a student who was made the Vice Chancellor of the institution for a day.
Recall that Legit.ng earlier reported Azuokeke smashed the UMTE record scoring 337 points out of 400.
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Azuokeke was reported to have scored a staggering 99 points in mathematics, 86 in physics, 88 in chemistry and 64 in English.
Student smash CGPA record at Enugu varsity
In another development, Vitalis Iloanuwusi, a 400-level student of GOU, was reported to have also smashed the university's cumulative grade point of 5.0, Daily Nigerian reported.
Iloanuwusi was, in turn, made the institution's Vice Chancellor for a day, becoming the first male student to attain such height.
While speaking on the development, VC Anieke said:
“The VC is offering this extraordinary student a full scholarship to study in our college of medicine, and this is in line with my passion for education, and desire to empower young people and make them extraordinary.”
“He wrote JAMB 5 times”: People gather to celebrate as Nigerian man finally scores 270 in UTME, video emerges
Elsewhere, a man who refused to give up after repeatedly failing the Joint Admission Matriculation Board exam has finally made it.
The man was said to have written the examination four times and only succeeded in the 5th attempt.
When news broke in his area that he passed the examination with a score of 270, many people gathered to rejoice with him.
Source: Legit.ng
