The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned universities against issuing admission letters to candidates, saying it is not within their mandate to do so.
The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Segun Aina, gave the warning while receiving a delegation from Veritas University, Bwari, Abuja, which paid him a courtesy visit in his office.
According to him, JAMB is the only body statutorily empowered to issue official admission letters to candidates seeking entry into all tertiary institutions in Nigeria, including universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education.
Prof. Aina said the irony is that once candidates see a document purportedly from an institution offering them admission, they believe it is genuine.
He, therefore, charged universities engaging in the act to desist and ensure that candidates obtain the proper documents from the board.
He recalled that the Federal Ministry of Education mandated that all admissions be conducted through the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) and that anything outside it is illegal and invalid.
Consequently, no institution is allowed to replace the official JAMB admission letter issued after a candidate has accepted admission on CAPS with its own letter.
He added that it is only admission offered through this platform is recognised and would be accepted for the purpose of mobilisation for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), among others.
