JAMB uncovers 3,000 fake graduates, condemns illegal admissions by institutions

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has discovered 3,000 fake graduates who never attended any classes.

The board also criticized certain institutions for engaging in illegal admissions, calling it a national embarrassment.

This was revealed by the Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, in a report published in the board’s bulletin.

According to the bulletin, Oloyede shared this information during a meeting with the leadership of the Committee of Pro-Chancellors of State Universities.

“Some ‘graduates’ had never entered the four walls of a university owing to the endemic corruption in the system but the board had documented over 3,000 of such cases.

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“Illegal admission of candidates into tertiary institutions in the country is an embarrassment and a disservice to the nation,” the bulletin read.

The issue of illegal admissions has over the years been at the forefront of JAMB’s priorities.

In December 2023, the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education ordered JAMB to present a list of tertiary institutions that had conducted irregular and illegal admissions.

JAMB had previously warned candidates to avoid accepting admissions from such institutions without full academic participation.

In a statement titled “Cessation of illegal/irregular admission,” JAMB reiterated that all applications for admissions to first degrees, national diplomas, national innovation diplomas, and the Nigeria Certificate in Education into full-time, distance learning, part-time, outreach, and sandwich programs must be processed only through JAMB.