JAMB Names Five Nigerian Universities Allegedly Involved In ‘Illegal’ Admissions

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has accused five Nigerian Universities of allegedly being involved in illegal admissions of tertiary students.

Is-haq Olarewaju Oloyede, the JAMB Registrar, made the accusation on Thursday during an admission policy meeting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.

The tertiary institutions Oloyede named include the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), National Open University (NOUN), Delta State University (DELSU), and Kwara State University.

During the policy meeting convened by JAMB, the Registrar disclosed that the Nigerian government had already granted waivers to about a million candidates (students) illegally admitted to these universities.

The Federal Ministry of Education offered the waivers to those candidates admitted illegally between 2017 and 2020,” he stated.

Oloyede, however, stated that despite the waiver, some institutions still engage in illegal admissions, indicating that out of the one million it got waivers for, JAMB has been able to register only about 600 candidates so far “because a large number of them do not have the basic qualifications.”

He added that over 700 candidates were offered admission outside the JAMB Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) by the National Open University (NOUN), thereby embarrassing the agency and the university.

Any candidate or institution engaged in illegal admissions after the waiver in 2020 will not get any support,” he warned.

Meanwhile, despite the Registrar’s stance, opposing stakeholders from the education sector who were at the events cited regulatory oversight functions of the agency, one that violates the University Autonomy Act, which they claim empowers institutions to make independent decisions on academic and administrative matters.

Also, regarding the age limit directive for admission by the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman and Chairman of the Policy Meeting, the National President of the Congress of Nigerian Universities Academics (CONUA), Niyi Sunmonu, said such decisions by the Minister and bodies like JAMB only violate the university autonomy act.

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