The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed that 21 universities are yet to submit the Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (post-UTME) scores of underage candidates for screening and verification.
The board disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by its Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin.
The institutions include: 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: Dennis Osadebay University, Asaba, Delta State, one); 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).
Universities given fresh deadlines for submissions
However, JAMB, in collaboration with representatives of the chosen universities of the underage candidates who sat the 2025 UTME, have also further 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.
The statement noted that the purpose of the directive is to ensure adherence to the stipulated deadlines, which mandate public universities to submit by October 30, 2025, and private universities by November 30, 2025.
It further stressed that the dates are final, having been endorsed at the 2025 Policy Meeting on Admissions chaired by the Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa.
