JAMB stops law programme in eight universities

Ogunsakin Mustapha
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Kwara State University (KWASU) reacts

By Hassanat Adebowale

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it will no longer conduct admissions for the Law program at eight universities in Nigeria for the 2025/2026 academic session.

This decision follows the Council of Legal Education’s decision to suspend the Bachelor of Laws program at these institutions. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s spokesperson, made the announcement in a statement issued on Wednesday.

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The affected universities include Kwara State University, Malete, Ilorin, Kwara State; Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa State; Redeemers University, Ede, Osun State; Western Delta University, Oghara, Delta State; Taraba State University, Jalingo, Taraba State; Arthur Jarvis University, Akpabuyo, Cross River State; Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State; and the Nigerian Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State.

The statement also clarified that the suspension of the Law program at the Nigerian Police Academy will extend for two academic sessions: 2025/2026 and 2026/2027.

“As a result, JAMB will not approve any admissions for candidates seeking to enroll in the Law program at the aforementioned universities for the 2025/2026 academic session,” the statement read. “Furthermore, the ban on registration for the Law program at the Nigerian Police Academy will extend into the 2026/2027 academic session.”

However, Kwara State University reacted saying that the ban does not affect those currently on their law programme.

The Acting Director, University Relations, Dr Saeedat Aliyu disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Ilorin.

Dr Aliyu said the ban was as a result of the decision of the Council for Legal Education (CLE) to sanction KWASU for commencing law program in 2018 with only the approval of the National Universities Commission (NUC).

She said KWASU currently had full accreditation from both the NUC and the CLE to run two undergraduate law programs: Common Law and Common and Islamic Law.

”Management wishes to state that the 1-year ban does not in any way affect students currently running their programs in the University’s Faculty of Law.

” KWASU holds all regulatory institutions in very high regard and will comply with the sanctions imposed by CLE by not offering admission into the 2 law programs in the coming 2025/2026 admission session.

”Prospective candidates into these programs may apply to other equally excellent programs offered by KWASU as all programs in the institution have all the required accreditations,” Dr Aliyu said.

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