Overall Best UTME Candidate Gets N3m Scholarship from Innoson

By Jude Atupulazi

Relief has come the way of parents of Miss Joy Ejikeme, who emerged the overall best student in this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, with an offer of scholarship by Chief Innocent Chukwuma, CEO of Innoson Motors to the tune of N3m.

Miss Ejikeme, a student of Anglican Girls’ Secondary School in Nnewi, Anambra State, emerged the overall best student in the 2023 UTME with a score of 362.

Joy’s scores in the English Language, Physics, Biology, and Chemistry were broken down as 98%, 89%, 94%, and 81%, respectively.

The student is an indigene of Enugu State, who however, resides in Nnewi with her father who is a commercial motorcycle operator, known as Okada rider.

In a statement issued by the Head Corporate Communications

IVM, Innoson Group, Cornel Osigwe, on Monday, he noted that the gesture was not only a celebration of academic excellence but also a reflection of the company’s dedication to investing in the education of young Nigerians.