JAMB vows not to process DE applicants with unverified certificates

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Friday, vowed that it would not process any Direct Entry admission without certificate verification for the Advanced Level candidates that applied for the 2023 admissions.

This was disclosed in a statement issued on the Board’s official X handle.

This development is coming after the Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Education, on Tuesday announced the suspension of accreditation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo.

According to a statement signed by Augustina Obilor-Duru on behalf of the Director of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, the government lamented that “some Nigerians deploy nefarious means and unconscionable methods to get a Degree with the end objective of getting graduate job opportunities for which they are not qualified”. (https://punchng.com/fg-suspends-accreditation-of-degree-certificates-from-benin-republic-togo/)

It followed an investigative report by Daily Nigerian Newspaper titled “How Daily Nigerian reporter bagged Cotonou varsity degree in 6 weeks”.

The Board said the candidates should contact their former institutionslo for prompt verification of their certificates as it would not consider all affected students of non-responsive institutions for admissions for the academic year.