The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has uncovered a staggering 9,460 illegal admissions carried out across 20 tertiary institutions in Nigeria for the 2024 academic session. This massive breach bypassed JAMB’s Central Admission Processing System (CAPS), the platform designed to ensure transparency and fairness in the nation’s admission process.
Topping the list of offenders is Kano State University of Science and Technology with 2,215 fake admissions, followed by Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, which recorded 1,215 unauthorized admissions. Other institutions implicated include Gombe State University with 1,164 illegal admissions, Emmanuel Alayande University of Education with 761, and the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, which admitted 534 students outside the CAPS platform.
Ambrose Alli University is also in the spotlight with 514 questionable admissions, while Igbinedion University recorded 365. Akwa Ibom Polytechnic reportedly admitted 340 students illegally, and the College of Nursing at the National Orthopedic Hospital, Igbobi, had 281 unauthorized entries.
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Additional names on JAMB’s blacklist include Achievers University (267), the Nigeria Police Academy (263), Abia State Polytechnic (256), Osun State University (224), Federal University Lafia (189), Niger State Polytechnic (182), Federal Polytechnic Idah (171), and Edo State Polytechnic (166). Anchor University, Michael and Cecilia Ibru University, and the Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology also made the list with 133, 116, and 113 fake admissions respectively.
The CAPS platform, launched by JAMB to curb admission racketeering, allows candidates to track their admission status and ensures that institutions adhere strictly to merit-based and institutional guidelines. The recent exposure raises serious concerns about institutional compliance and the credibility of Nigeria’s higher education system.
JAMB has vowed to take decisive actions against the affected institutions and warned that such breaches threaten the integrity of tertiary education in Nigeria. As the board intensifies efforts to sanitize the admission process, this revelation has sparked nationwide calls for accountability and stricter enforcement of admission regulations.
