JAMB introduces measures to reduce admission anxiety, warns against identity fraud

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has introduced measures to marque the admittance process little stressful for candidates portion informing against attempts to manipulate idiosyncratic information.

JAMB Registrar, Professor Segun Aina, disclosed this connected Wednesday during an enactment with candidates astatine the board’s Abuja Zonal Office arsenic portion of activities marking its 2026 Customer Week.

Aina explained that the measures were designed to amended transparency, fortify nationalist assurance and marque it easier for candidates to entree their accounts and resoluteness morganatic idiosyncratic accusation issues.

He said the committee was moving to trim the uncertainty candidates acquisition portion awaiting admittance decisions by providing clearer accusation astir their admittance status.

According to him, JAMB has besides leveraged exertion to marque it easier for candidates to update their registered telephone numbers and email addresses erstwhile they suffer entree to their accounts.

The registrar said the committee was collaborating with the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, to code issues involving candidates’ idiosyncratic details and guarantee their records are decently aligned.

He, however, cautioned candidates against exploiting the caller flexibility to alteration their identities fr...