Daily Trust

JAMB sends candidates’ lists to varsities

- By Misbahu Bashir

The Joint Admissions and Matriculat­ion Board yesterday said names of candidates who qualified for 2016 admission screening exercise had been released to universiti­es and other tertiary institutio­ns based on individual institutio­ns’ capacity.

The Registrar, Professor Jibu Ojerinde, said in a statement that the lists were made up of candidates who met the national cut-off point within the set criteria. He said this was ‘not in any way an admission list’, adding that lists could only be endorsed by the board after screening.

“The public and all tertiary institutio­ns should note that admission will only be approved by the board after appropriat­e screening of the candidates by the institutio­ns,” he said.

Ojerinde said if the names were not sufficient for the need of any institutio­n, such institutio­n could source candidates from the ‘omnibus printout’ earlier sent to them by the board.

He said the intention of the board was to ensure that available spaces in the institutio­ns were adequately utilized.

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