The Public Communication Adviser of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Dr Fabian Benjamin, has disclosed that the examination body has remitted over N50bn as operating surplus to the Federal Government in the last 10 years.
Benjamin stated this during a dialogue organised by the Education Writers’ Association of Nigeria via Zoom.
The dialogue, themed “2026 Admission Policy Review and JAMB Scorecard: A Conversation with the Registrar,” examined key issues surrounding admissions and tertiary education in Nigeria and provided an overview of Prof Ishaq Oloyede’s leadership of the board for the past 10 years.
According to Benjamin, the remittances were made in compliance with the law requiring government agencies to remit a percentage of their operating surplus and should not be misconstrued as evidence that JAMB was established to generate revenue.
He said, “There is an impression that JAMB has become a revenue-generating agency. It is not,” he said.
