Nkechinyere Umeh: UTME Highest Scorer Gets N2.5m Reward

Nkechinyere Umeh: UTME Highest Scorer Gets N2.5m Reward

  • The 2023 UTME highest scorer, Nkechinyere Kamsiyochukwu Umeh, has received a cash gift of N2.5m
  • The CEO of Erisco Foods Limited, Dr. Eric Umeofia awarded Nkechinyere the cash gift for her outstanding performance
  • Umeofia also rewarded the administrator of Nkechinyere's school, English, mathematics, physics, and chemistry teachers, and 2 other students

A student of Deeper Life High School, Mowe, Ogun state, Nkechinyere Kamsiyochukwu Umeh, has received a cash gift of N2.5m for being the highest scorer in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination (UTME)

The Chief Executive Officer and President of Erisco Foods Limited, Dr. Eric Umeofia, gave Umeh the cash gift on Friday, July 7, The Punch reported.

Nkechinyere Umeh/ UTME top scorer/ Nkechinyere Umeh gets 2.5m cash gift
Nkechinyere Umeh gets N2.5m cash gift from CEO Erisco Foods Limited, Dr. Eric Umeofia. Photo Credit:Patience Nnedinsọ Eze /Innocent Tino
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Umeofia also rewarded the school administrator, the four subject teachers, and two other best students of the school with various cash gifts.

Umeh scored 99 in Chemistry, 98 in Mathematics, 97 in Physics, and 66 in English Language to emerge as the 2023 UTME top scorer with a score of 360.

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The businessman reveals why he rewarded the 2023 UTME highest scorer, Nkechinyere Umeh

Umeofia revealed that he gave Nkechinyere the cash gift because he was moved by the UTME top scorer’s interview with The Punch.

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Nkechinyere emerged as the best candidate after she scored 360.

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JAMB’s highest scorer, Umeh Nkechinyere reveals secret to her outstanding performance

Umeh Nkechinyere, the top scorer in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), has said her school, Deeper Life High School, was highly involved in her preparation for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination.

In an interview with The Punch, Nkechinyere said she practiced a lot of past questions to familiarise herself with the kind of questions JAMB could set.

Source: Legit.ng

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