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JAMB warns institutions over admission violations with a seven-day deadline.
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Registrar says illegal admissions risk lawsuits from affected candidates.
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Some universities failed to appear at JAMB’s compliance meeting.
Nigeria’s Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board warned universities and colleges that flouted admission rules, calling it a grave breach. The board issued a seven-day ultimatum for compliance, warning institutions could face tougher sanctions if they failed.
The schools attended a meeting on August 18 after conducting admissions on CAPS without uploading their matriculation lists. In its weekly bulletin on Monday, JAMB disclosed that the institutions apologized and begged the board for leniency.
Registrar Prof. Is-haq Oloyede condemned the violations and declared that unlisted candidates would not be recognized as legitimately admitted. “No such illegal admission will be condoned,” Oloyede stressed during the meeting with the defaulting higher institutions.
Compliance deadline set to protect candidates
JAMB cited Section 23(7) of its admission guidelines, which makes uploading matriculation lists mandatory before institutions can hold matriculation ceremonies. Oloyede reminded schools that students admitted without appearing on the list could sue their institutions for violating their rights.
At the meeting, the schools agreed to submit formal letters of apology within 24 hours, upload outstanding matriculation lists within seven days of August 18, and ensure affiliate campuses operate strictly under their parent institutions. The apologies, JAMB said, would allow it to validate and insert the missing records to safeguard affected students.
However, not all institutions complied. Olusegun Agagu University in Okitipupa and Wellspring University in Benin failed to attend the meeting, raising the possibility of harsher penalties. Oloyede reaffirmed the board’s zero tolerance for what he called “illegitimate systems” that undermine candidates’ futures.
