The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned universities across the country against issuing admission letters to candidates seeking entry into their institutions, insisting that such action falls outside their mandate.
JAMB Registrar, Prof. Segun Aina, made the statement when he received a delegation from Veritas University, Bwari, Abuja, on a courtesy visit to his office.
According to the registrar, JAMB is the only body statutorily empowered to issue official admission letters to candidates seeking admission into all tertiary institutions in Nigeria, including universities, polytechnics and colleges of education.
Prof. Aina noted that the irony is that once candidates receive a document purporting to come from an institution offering them admission, they often believe it is authentic.
He therefore urged universities engaging in the practice to desist immediately, stressing that institutions also have a responsibility to ensure that candidates obtain the correct documents from the board.
He further recalled that the Federal Ministry of Education has explicitly mandated that all admissions must be conducted through the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS), and that any process conducted outside it is illegal and invalid.
As a result, no institution is permitted to substitute its own letters for the official JAMB admission letter issued by the board after a candidate has accepted an offer on CAPS.
He added that only admissions offered through this platform are recognised and accepted for purposes such as mobilisation for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), among others.
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