The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has awarded the sum of N375 million to five best performing Tertiary institutions in the country.

Minister of Education, Mr Adamu Adamu disclosed this while addressing journalists at JAMB's Second Edition of the National Tertiary Admissions Performance Merit Award for 2019 in Abuja. 

Adamu, while congratulating the winners applauded the efforts of the board towards ensuring excellence in the country's tertiary institutions.

He said that the Federal Government would continue to play a critical role in teaching, learning and research.

Adamu added that the award was one of government's reward system and intervention to institutions.

The Minister also challenged the runner's up and other institutions to rise to the occasion at the next edition to give the present winners a healthy fight.

In his remark, the Registrar of the board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, said that the University of Ilorin won the Most Subscribed Institution by candidates’ category, while Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) won the Most National Institution in Admission of Candidates.

Oloyede said that the Institutions are expected to use the funds generated, judiciously to construct campus roads for their various Institutions.