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Nigeria JAMB leadership transition

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Professor Ishaq Oloyede handed over the registrar role of Nigeria’s Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on 31 July 2026 after a decade marked by expanded computer‑based computer-based testing, biometric verification, CCTV monitoring, digital payment platforms and staff‑welfare staff-welfare investments. Oloyede, who was appointed in August 2016, was noted for significant fiscal reforms; under his leadership, JAMB’s annual revenue remittance to the federal treasury rose from an average of approximately ₦3 billion in previous decades to ₦7.86 billion in 2017, with a cumulative six-year surplus of ₦50 billion reached by 2022. He also oversaw a reduction in UTME form costs from ₦5,000 to ₦3,500. President Bola Tinubu appointed 39‑year‑old 39-year-old Prof. Segun Aina, a computer‑engineering computer-engineering professor at Obafemi Awolowo University, as the youngest registrar in JAMB’s history; Aina history. Aina, who has over 15 years of experience advising on digital transformation, took office on 31 July 2026 and 2026. In his inaugural address, Aina pledged a “war on exam malpractice” through intensified technology, intelligence gathering malpractice,” warning fraud syndicates that “their business is in the wrong institution” and cooperation with security agencies. In promising to intensify the days after use of technology and intelligence gathering. Following the transition, former Minister of Education Prof. Chinwe Obaji urged Aina to preserve Oloyede’s legacy, calling for legacy through humility, transparency transparency, and continued innovation. Oloyede, speaking after leaving office, attributed the persistent malpractice problem mainly to parents who involve their children in dishonest practices, practices and dismissed rumours about a “snake swallowed money” incident as predating his tenure.

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