Lead City University’s Law programme not recognized by JAMB
By Uji A. Iliyasu, Abuja
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has clarified that the purported admission of candidates into the Law Faculty of Lead City University, Ibadan, was not processed through its official system and is therefore not recognised.
In a statement issued on Thursday by the Board’s Public Communications Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB said it had been inundated with complaints and allegations of dereliction of duty regarding the alleged admission of students into the university’s Law programme despite the programme being under a five-year suspension.
The Board stressed that the admissions in question were not conducted through the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS), the only platform approved for processing admissions into tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
JAMB explained that any admission not processed through CAPS remains unknown to it and is therefore considered invalid.
The Board further noted that Lead City University is not authorised to admit candidates into its Law programme until the expiration of the suspension placed on the faculty.
According to JAMB, the situation underscores the importance of its repeated warning to candidates not to accept admission offers that are not processed through CAPS.
It warned that admissions obtained through such irregular channels are regarded as fake, adding that candidates who accept them cannot make legitimate claims, as they are considered complicit in the process.
“For the umpteenth time, prospective candidates are strongly advised, in their own interest, not to accept any admission that is not processed through CAPS, as the Board will neither recognise nor condone such admissions,” the statement said.
JAMB also advised candidates who may have received admission offers outside CAPS to disregard such offers and begin the process of registering for the next Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to pursue legitimate admission through the appropriate channels, as the Board described any admission offered outside CAPS as an exercise in futility.
It also disclosed that it was aware of attempts by some universities to circumvent the regulations by transferring illegally admitted candidates to other institutions through inter-university transfers.
JAMB, however, maintained that such transfers would not succeed because the Board would not endorse any inter-university transfer without a valid initial admission processed through CAPS.
“For a transfer to be valid, the candidate must have been validly admitted in the first instance,” the Board said.
JAMB emphasised that it would continue to discharge its responsibilities in accordance with the laws, rules and regulations governing the nation’s admission process.