Founder of the Albino Foundation, Jake Epelle, has clarified that the concession granted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to persons with albinism remains in place and has not been withdrawn. He explained that the policy is currently undergoing a verification process to safeguard its integrity.
Epelle made this known during an interview on Arise Television on Friday, the 30th of January, 2026, where he dismissed claims that JAMB had completely cancelled the concession for candidates with albinism.
According to him, the action taken by the examination body is a temporary measure aimed at preventing misuse of the system by unauthorised individuals.
The Chief Executive Officer of TAF Africa stated that the issue would be resolved, adding that JAMB plans to introduce a backend verification mechanism to ensure that only eligible candidates benefit from the concession.
He said, “There are policies that are good and there are policies that are bad, and I want to say that this is one good policy, and to say that the concession given to persons with albinism, JAMB did not do outright cancelation.
“It’s more or less to pause that concession so that the wrong people will not take advantage of it. It’s not correct to say that persons with albinism were part of the group that was abusing the process or that concession.
“Here is what happened. There is facial morphing, which is facial swapping using Artificial Intelligence, a situation where they can take your face, take the futures on your face, your eyes, your nose and blend it together another person’s face.
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“One of the technical thing about persons with the biological thing about persons with albinism is that our Iris does rebuff light.
“Glasses does not help us. So what these people were doing, charlatans and those who wants to undermine the integrity of our education sector, they would take several faces and blend it, especially the face of persons with albinism, and blend it to get their own face so that they can gain access to examination and do whatever they want to do.”
Epelle emphasized that the verification process is intended to protect both the concession and the broader education system, ensuring fairness while preventing exploitation through emerging technologies.