The ministry of education is not smiling at all. They have issued a strong warning to all Universities in Nigeria that only the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) can admit students.
The Director, Press and Public Relations, in the ministry, Mr. Ben Goong, stated that strong penalty awaits any school that defaults the directives.
He said that post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) remain canceled.
The ministry insisted that universities can only admit the candidates sent to it by JAMB by only screening candidates to remove those with anti-social traits and suspicious credentials”.
The federal government said that screening was only for those admitted by JAMB and limited to
examination of credentials and physical examination of candidates to ensure that they are not of questionable characters.
“All these should be done upon resumption.
No university is allowed to have anything to do with any applicant who is not its student. Screening and registration are only
for those who have been admitted by JAMB,” the ministry stressed.