The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, may have abandoned its initial mandate of regulating tertiary institutions admission, towards eliminating obstacles and promoting fairness. The Board has palced priority on revenue generation and remission of funds into the Federation Account.

Apparently, the multiplier effect is that students seeking admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria would have to pay more for registration and others.

At the 2026 budget defence, JAMB declared its readiness to generate a total sum of N23.8 billion, as targeted internally generated revenue for 2026 fiscal year, N4 billion higher than the 2025 target.

The Registrar of Jamb, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, represented at 2026 Defense meeting before the Senate on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND by a Director in his office, Dr. Muftau Bello, said out of the targeted N23.8 billion IGR, N6 billion will be remitted into the federal government coffers

The Director, in his presentation on 2025 budget performance, informed the Senate Committee led by Muntari Dandutse that N18.5 billion was generated in the fiscal year as IGR and N4 billion remitted to the federation account as operating surplus .

On preparedness for 2026 UTME, the Director said 1,000 Examination Centres have been created, which, according to him, are far higher than less 800 centres used in 2025.

Impressed by the performance of JAMB under the leadership of Professor Oloyede, members of the Committee, the Chairman and all members, gave the JAMB a pass mark.

However, Senator Yohanna Amos, representing Adamawa North, tasked JAMB to reduce its examination fees from N3,500, it is presently.

The Director, however, explained that the fee was N5,000 before the current Registrar reduced it to N3,500.00.

Senator Muntari Dandutse serves as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND, and members include Senator Diket Plang, Senator Yohanna Amos, and others.