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Segun Aina, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has pledged to use every lawful means available to safeguard the integrity of the board’s examinations and admissions processes.
Aina made the commitment on Friday at JAMB headquarters in Bwari, Abuja, during the handover ceremony marking the end of Ishaq Oloyede’s 10-year tenure as registrar.
President Bola Tinubu appointed Aina in May to succeed Oloyede as JAMB’s sixth registrar. A professor of computer science at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Aina is the youngest registrar in the board’s history, according to the Presidency.
Bayo Onanuga, the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, described Aina as an academic and systems expert with experience in national examination systems, digital infrastructure and public-sector reforms.
Aina, while speaking on Friday, said his administration would preserve and strengthen the culture of integrity established by his predecessors, stressing that public trust must be built through decisions and standards that cannot be compromised.
“Ladies and gentlemen, trust is not built by speeches. It is built by decisions. By the choices we make when no one is watching. By the standards we refuse to compromise. And by the confidence that every Nigerian can place in the fairness of this institution,” he said.
“That is why the first commitment of my stewardship is simple. We shall protect the integrity of JAMB with everything the law permits.”
He said protecting JAMB’s integrity would be the first priority of his tenure and that the board would ensure candidates earn success through preparation, merit and honest effort rather than influence, manipulation or fraud.
The new registrar warned those involved in examination malpractice, impersonation, credential forgery, CBT centre compromise and collusion with corrupt officials that JAMB would take decisive action against them.
He said the board would deploy all lawful technological, administrative and investigative tools at its disposal to detect, prevent and prosecute examination malpractice and other forms of fraud.
“Every young Nigerian must know that success in JAMB will continue to be earned through preparation, merit and honest effort—not through influence, manipulation or fraud,” he said.
“To those who organise examination malpractice, recruit impersonators, forge credentials, compromise CBT centres, exploit desperate candidates and anxious parents, and collude with dishonest officials to undermine the integrity of our examinations and admissions process, hear me clearly. Your business is with the wrong institution.
“JAMB will continue to deploy every lawful technological, administrative and investigative measure available to detect, deter and prosecute examination malpractice and every other form of fraud against the board,” Aina added.
