The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has denied been responsible for recent admissions into the faculty of Law of Lead City University, as the admissions did not pass through the board’s Central Admissions Processing System, CAPS.
The board on a statement by the Spokesperson, Dr.Fabian Benjamin noted JAMB has been inundated with accusations of dereliction regarding the purported admission of candidates into the Law Faculty of Lead City University despite its suspension for 5 years.
Dr. Fabian said the Board unequivocally states that the said admissions were not conducted through the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS), the only platform approved for the processing of admissions into tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Consequently, such admissions are void as they are unknown to the Board.
He said the institution is not authorised to admit candidates into the programme until the expiration of the suspension.
“This sad development once again underscores the importance of heeding the Board’s repeated and unequivocal advice to candidates not to accept any offer of admission outside CAPS as admission that is not processed and approved on CAPS is fake.
“Candidates admitted through such irregular means have no legitimate claim as they are considered complicit,” he said.
According to him, the board for umpteenth time strongly advises prospective candidates, in their own interest, not to accept any admission not processed through CAPS, as the Board will neither recognise nor condone such admissions.
“Candidates who have been offered admission outside CAPS are therefore advised to disregard such offers and commence the process of obtaining the next UTME application in order to sit for the examination and pursue legitimate admission through the appropriate channels. Any admission offered outside CAPS is nothing more than an exercise in futility,” he said.
He said the Board is aware of certain universities that are circumventing the rules by attempting to transfer illegally admitted candidates to other universities through inter-university transfer. Such would also not work as JAMB will not endorse any such inter-university transfer without initial admission on CAPS.
“For a transfer to be valid, the candidate must have been validly admitted in the first instance,” he said.
JAMB emphasises that it will discharge its responsibility in accordance with the laws, rules and regulations.