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JAMB: Court Cancels 16-Year Minimum Admission Age

Demilade Bakare
Demilade Bakare
Published: June 13, 2025
Last updated: June 13, 2025
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JAMB: Court Cancels 16-Year Minimum Admission Age | Daily Report Nigeria
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  • A court ruling has canceled the age limitations placed on JAMB registration/ university admission.

  • This comes after the body limited registration age to 16.

  • The presiding judge tagged the limitations unconstitutional, while ruling the case in favor of the public.

Following complains and press releases, the age limit placed on university admission has been lifted.

This comes after a court ruling in Delta State High Court on the 27th of March, 2024.

 

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Daily Report Nigeria recalls that a 16-year-old minimum age limit was placed on admissions into universities by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

While tagging it unconstitutional, the presiding judge, Hon. Justice Anthony O. Akpovi, while delivering judgement on Thursday, 27, ruled in favor of the complaint, John Aikpokpo-Martins.

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John filled the case in the interest of the public, while stating that the age restriction is unconstitutional, and it violates sections 18(1) and 42 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria.

He also sought relief during his complaint, including:

“A declaration that restricting university admission to candidates aged 16 and above violates the constitutional mandate for equal educational opportunities and the right to freedom from discrimination.

“An order setting aside JAMB’s circular of 16 October 2024, which enforced the age limit.

 

“A directive compelling universities to admit all qualified candidates, regardless of age.

“An injunction restraining JAMB and universities from denying admission solely based on age.”

Following this new development, any candidate can now purchase and seat for the JAMB exam regardless of the age.

 

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