The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has uncovered fraudulent practices used by some Nigerian tertiary institutions to admit students into their programs. JAMB has issued a warning against the continued engagement in such activities.
During a news conference in Abuja on Sunday, JAMB spokesman Fabian Benjamin revealed that the board has observed a significant increase in the submission of falsified affidavits and doctored age adjustments on national identification slips, aimed at altering the recorded age of applicants.
“The Board has noticed that some institutions are admitting candidates outside the approved Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) platform and are attempting to legitimize these admissions through the condonement of illegal admissions window,” Benjamin stated.
To address this issue, Benjamin announced that JAMB will no longer tolerate such practices and has implemented new measures: “All institutions must disclose any candidates illegally admitted before 2017, whose records are still in their system, within the next month, starting from August 1, 2024. Any admission purportedly granted before 2017 will not be recognized or condoned unless reported within this one-month window.”
He further emphasized that institutions must adhere to this directive, as there will be no further tolerance for unrecorded candidates who did not register with JAMB or sit for any entrance examination.
Benjamin reiterated that the minimum age for admissions remains 16 and warned that JAMB will no longer accept illegal admissions without a valid registration number.