The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed that Dennis Osadebe University (DOU), Asaba and 20 universities across the country have not submitted the scores of the Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (post-UTME) scores of underage candidates for vetting.
The board said this in a statement by its Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja.
Besides DOU, which has just one underage candidate, JAMB listed the others, including University of Lagos (UNILAG, 39); Lagos State University (LASU, five); University of Abuja (now Yakubu Gowon University, 12); Nile University of Nigeria, 18); Nnamdi Azikiwe University, 15); University of Uyo, nine); Federal University of Technology, Owerri, eight); David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences, Uburu, Ebonyi State, six); University of Calabar, six); Bingham University, Karu, three); Federal University, Lokoja, two); Lead City University, Ibadan, two); McPherson University, Ogun, two); Abia State University, one); Bayelsa Medical University, one); and Claretian University, Nekede, Imo State, one).
Others are: Federal University of Technology, Akwa Ibom, one); Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, one); Modibbo Adama University, Yola, one); and Rhema University, Aba, Abia State, one). JAMB, in collaboration with representatives of the chosen universities of the underage candidates who sat the 2025 UTME, also announced the adjustment of the final date for their scheduled assessment.
The statement said: “It is worthy of note that NECO has released its SSCE 2025 results on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, the board has noted with concern that at the close of the submission date for the screening scores, which was September 15, 2025, 23 out of the 71 universities chosen by the candidates are yet to submit the Post-UTME screening scores of these candidates as agreed.”
The statement added: “Furthermore, the Board wishes to remind all public universities to submit their recommended candidates on CAPS on or before Tuesday, September 30, 2025, while all private universities are to submit their recommendations on or before Friday, October 31, 2025.
“This is to ensure that the deadlines of October 30, 2025, for public universities, and November 30, 2025, for private universities, are achieved.
“These dates are sacrosanct as decided at the 2025 Policy Meeting on Admissions under the chairmanship of Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, the Honourable Minister of Education.”
