JAMB Flags 9,460 Illegal Admissions in Nigerian Tertiary Institutions

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has uncovered 9,460 illegal admissions carried out by 20 tertiary institutions across the country during the 2024 academic session.

According to JAMB, these admissions were processed outside its Central Admission Processing System (CAPS), which is the official platform for all tertiary admissions in Nigeria.

Leading the list of offenders is Kano State University of Science and Technology with 2,215 unauthorized admissions, followed by Ladoke Akintola University of Technology with 1,215 cases. Other institutions implicated include:

Gombe State University – 1,164

Emmanuel Alayande University of Education – 761

Federal University of Technology, Owerri – 534

Ambrose Alli University – 514

Igbinedion University – 365

Akwa Ibom Polytechnic – 340

National Orthopaedic Hospital College of Nursing, Igbobi – 281

Also listed are Achievers University (267), Nigeria Police Academy (263), Abia State Polytechnic (256), Osun State University (224), Federal University Lafia (189), Niger State Polytechnic (182), Federal Polytechnic Idah (171), Edo State Polytechnic (166), Anchor University (133), Michael and Cecilia Ibru University (116), and the Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology (113).

JAMB stressed that CAPS was introduced to guarantee fairness, transparency, and merit-based selection in the admission process. Candidates admitted outside the platform are not recognized for the mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme.

Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, recently reaffirmed that all admissions conducted outside JAMB CAPS are illegal. He warned that institutions involved risk sanctions, including withdrawal of assets and prosecution of officials.

“Any admission conducted outside CAPS, regardless of its intentions, is illegal. Institutions and candidates involved will face consequences,” Alausa declared.