The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has classified 9,469 admissions to 20 educational institutions throughout the country as fake for the 2024 academic year.
According to the board, admissions were made outside of the popular Central Admission Processing System, or CAPS.
According to the JAMB list, Kano State University of Science and Technology had the most bogus admissions (2,215), followed by Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (1,215).
Others 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), and College of Nursing, National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi (281).
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, Ida, 171; and Edo State Polytechnic, 166.
Anchor University has 133 students, Michael and Cecilia Ibru University has 116, and the Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology has 113.
CAPS was created to improve openness and efficiency, and it acts as an online platform for prospective university students to track and manage their admission status.
By centralising the admission process, JAMB CAPS ensures that all candidates are given equitable consideration based on merit and institutional requirements.
The major goal of JAMB CAPS is to streamline the admission process into Nigeria’s tertiary institutions. It accomplishes this by ensuring transparency, allowing candidates to easily track their admission progress, and ensuring that all applicants are reviewed using consistent criteria.
The system also improved efficiency by allowing institutions to process admissions quickly and candidates to receive frequent updates on the status of their applications.
The board has previously warned universities about backdoor admissions to applicants outside of CAPS, as such candidates are forbidden from participating in the required National Youth Service Corps scheme.
Remember that at JAMB’s 2025 policy meeting in Abuja last week, the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, repeated an order declaring all admissions conducted outside of JAMB to be illegal.
He stated that institutions and individuals engaging in such actions would face prosecution and heavy sanctions.
“Any admission conducted outside CAPS, regardless of its intentions, is illegal.
“Both institutions and the candidates involved in such practices will be held accountable.
“Sanctions may include withdrawal of institutional assets and prosecution of culpable officers or governing council members,” he said.
