The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned it will deny tertiary institutions that failed to submit their matriculation lists for the 2022 and 2023 admission sessions their admissions approved for the 2024 and 2025 exercises.
JAMB, over time, has emphasised that all admissions applications for first degrees, national diplomas, national innovation diplomas, and the Nigeria Certificate in Education, offered in full-time, distance learning, part-time, outreach, and sandwich modes, among others, must be processed only through JAMB.
Last year, the board announced lists of tertiary institutions that failed to comply with admission guidelines and are at risk of being denied admission approval, as indicated by the board.
Among the tertiary institutions listed are University of Uyo, University of Abuja, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Yaba College of Technology, Plateau State University, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH); and Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO).
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Others are Coal City University, Crawford University, Crescent University, Ebonyi State University, Rhema University, Borno State University, Chrisland University, Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Alvan Ikoku College of Education, and Chukwuemeka Odumegwu University.
Is-haq Oloyede, the registrar/chief executive officer at JAMB the gave the warning following a persistent failure by some institutions to forward their matriculation lists to the board. According to him, some of these institutions have not made any submission in the last three academic sessions.
Oloyede disclosed this at a meeting with Admissions Desk Officers (ADO), warning that institutions that fail to submit their matriculation list for the 2022 and 2023 admissions should not have their admissions approved for the 2024 and 2025 admission exercises.
He emphasised that the concession for approving some 2024 admissions was because some institutions are still conducting admission processes for 2025, but noted that the institutions concerned are expected to comply once their admissions are complete.
To ensure compliance, Oloyede directed that an advert be placed in major newspapers, and maintained that admissions from defaulting institutions will not be approved.
The move is part of JAMB’s ongoing effort to curb admission fraud through the automation of the National Matriculation List (NML).
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The NML confirms students’ admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions via the Board’s Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS).
Submission of the NML is also required for institutions to compete for the National Tertiary Admission Performance-Merit Award (NATAP-M Award).
JAMB had earlier in the year raised concerns over institutions admitting candidates with unverified Advanced Level results, and outside CAPS.
The board described the trend as a serious breach, warning that such actions compromise the credibility of the admission process and could make the institutions complicit in result falsification.
CAPS, JAMB’s automated and centralised admission processing system, is designed to ensure transparency, promote merit-based selection, prevent multiple admissions, and eliminate fraud by allowing candidates to accept or reject offers online.
