JAMB Uncovers Fraudulent Admission Practices, Issues Warning to Institution
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has uncovered fraudulent practices by some Nigerian tertiary institutions in their admission processes and issued a stern warning against the continuation of such acts.
During a news conference in Abuja on Sunday, JAMB’s spokesman Fabian Benjamin revealed that the board has detected a surge in false affidavits and doctored age adjustments on national identification slips submitted to manipulate recorded ages.
“The attention of the Board has been drawn to the predilection of some institutions to admit candidates outside the approved Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) platform and process such through the condonement of illegal admissions window to accord legitimacy,” Benjamin stated.
To address this issue, Benjamin announced that all institutions must disclose any candidates illegally admitted before 2017 within one month starting from August 1, 2024. He emphasized that any admission purportedly given before 2017 will no longer be recognized unless disclosed within this period.
“Institutions are advised to comply with this directive as there will not be any further condonement of hitherto unrecorded candidates who did not even register with JAMB, not to talk of sitting for any entrance examination,” Benjamin warned.
Reiterating that the current minimum age for admissions remains 16, Benjamin cautioned that JAMB will no longer tolerate the absorption of illegal admissions through any means without a valid registration number.
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