The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced plans to recognise seven exceptional Nigerian undergraduates with cash awards of ₦5 million each during its inaugural Academic Excellence Recognition Award Ceremony, scheduled to hold in Lagos on Tuesday.
The awards, organised in collaboration with Rite Foods Limited, are designed to celebrate outstanding academic achievement among candidates admitted during the 2025 admission exercise.
In a statement released on Sunday by JAMB’s Public Communication Adviser, Fabian Benjamin, the board stated, “each of the seven award recipients will receive ₦5 million in recognition of their exceptional performance in both the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and the respective Post-UTME or institutional screening exercises conducted by their admitting Universities.”
JAMB explained that the beneficiaries were selected through a transparent, rigorous and merit-based process overseen by the board.
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According to the examination body, six of the recipients represent Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones, while the seventh award is reserved for the highest-performing admitted candidate living with a disability.
The awardees are students of the University of Lagos for the South-West, the University of Uyo for the South-South, the Federal University of Technology, Owerri for the South-East, the Federal University of Applied Sciences, Kachia for the North-West, the University of Maiduguri for the North-East, and the Federal University of Technology, Minna for the North-Central.
JAMB also disclosed that the recipient of the disability category award is a student of the University of Lagos, making the institution the only university with two honourees in the maiden edition of the programme.
The board said the ceremony is expected to host more than 300 guests, including the Minister of Education, JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, vice-chancellors, heads of regulatory agencies, principal officers of tertiary institutions, education stakeholders, development partners, corporate executives, students and members of the media.
JAMB added that its collaboration with Rite Foods underscores the shared commitment of both organisations to encouraging academic excellence, rewarding merit and motivating young Nigerians to strive for educational success.