The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) received 11,703,709 applications between 2010 and 2016 According to a report on, “JAMB Admitted Candidates by State and Gender within Faculty’’, released by NBS in Abuja on Monday, 2,674,485 students were admitted across the 36 states and the FCT between 2010 and 2015. The statement read: “In 2010, a total of 1,513,940 applications were received while 423,531 students were admitted. “This shows that 28 per cent of students who applied for admission were admitted across the 36 states and the FCT in the year under review. “Adamawa and Niger States admitted 38 per cent of students who applied for admission in 2010. “Both states received 14,483 and 16,556 applications while 5,678 and 6,278 students were admitted, respectively,’’ it stated. Similarly, the report stated that 1,636,356 applications were received while 417,341 students were granted in 2012, represented by 12 percent.