By Joseph Erunke, Abuja
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has issued a proper clarification concerning the case of Miss Kareem Kaamilah Omolarami, an underage candidate who scored 371 within the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and utilized for admission to the Nile College of Nigeria.
In a press release launched by its Public Communication Advisor, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, the Board reaffirmed its dedication to transparency, equity, and due course of in all admission actions, emphasizing that its operations are ruled by the Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) — an automatic platform designed to get rid of human interference and guarantee merit-based admissions throughout all tertiary establishments.
In accordance with the assertion, JAMB operates a four-stage screening course of for underage candidates who exhibit distinctive tutorial efficiency to keep up the integrity of admissions. The phases embrace:
Attaining a minimal UTME rating of 320; Scoring at the least 80% within the Senior College Certificates Examination (SSCE); Reaching 80% within the college’s inner screening train; and Collaborating in a ultimate screening carried out by a JAMB-appointed panel comprising Vice-Chancellors, civil society representatives, schooling specialists, and different distinguished professionals — the place the candidate should additionally rating at the least 80%.
Every stage, JAMB defined, is a prerequisite for development to the subsequent.
The Board said that Miss Omolarami efficiently handed the primary two phases however was formally reported absent by Nile College in the course of the third stage — the establishment’s inner screening train.
“This report was formally transmitted to the Board by the establishment, thereby rendering her ineligible to take part within the ultimate screening train, which befell on October 8 and 9, 2025,” the assertion learn.
JAMB clarified that her non-invitation to the ultimate stage “was not as a consequence of administrative oversight, bias, or procedural lapse,” however was a direct consequence of the college’s official submission confirming her absence.
The Board revealed that Miss Omolarami had, on October 7, 2025, submitted a proper grievance via its on-line help platform, petitioning Nile College over her exclusion.
“In response, the Board has requested an official rationalization from the college and is at the moment awaiting its report back to allow a good and evidence-based overview of the matter,” JAMB mentioned.
It added that whereas JAMB regulates and approves all admissions in Nigeria, universities retain autonomy to advocate certified candidates based mostly on their inner evaluations. The Board’s selections, it famous, are strictly guided by verified info provided by the admitting establishments.
In keeping with established procedures, JAMB introduced that it will proceed to launch the outcomes of 84 profitable underage candidates who accomplished all 4 phases of the screening course of to their respective establishments for ultimate admission processing.
Concluding the assertion, JAMB suggested candidates to make the most of its official communication channels for complaints and clarifications reasonably than resorting to public commentary or media interventions.
“These channels are simpler in making certain well timed and correct redress,” the assertion added.
“The non-inclusion of Miss Kareem Kaamilah Omolarami within the ultimate stage of the underage screening train was in full conformity with established admission procedures and based mostly solely on official info communicated by the admitting college,” the Board reiterated.
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