The Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of academics and Chairman, Admissions Committee, Pro. Tunde Arayela explained that the candidates were screened based on merit and the standard regulations provided by the National Universities Commission (NUC).

He disclosed in a press release that the admission of 2,834 students this year was based on the university’s current capacity in form of human and material facilities available.

Expressing satisfaction of the exercise, the Registrar, Dr. Modupe Ajayi said he was particularly happy that the exam was not only hitchedfree but also the best so far in the history of the university.

Also, the Dean, Student Affairs Division and the Coordinator of the exercise, Dr. Kayode Alese said the exam was free of malpractice.

According to him, candidates were screened even in the exam halls as their passport photographs were displayed at the top right corner of their computers in addition to biometric capturing conducted on them.

In their contributions, the candidates also adjudged the exercise fair, orderly and highly functional.

One of them, Bright Adefoyegun expressed deep appreciation to the university management for the stateof- the-art facilities which he said provided candidates a huge opportunity to be tested on merit.

Gbademosi Oluwatobi, another candidate who was positive about his admission said that the questions were sufficiently simple for candidates who had prepared properly for the examination, stressing that only hard work could yield success.