Board gives candidates with outstanding offers from 2021–2026 ‘final opportunity’ to accept or reject admissions……
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended the deadline for candidates with outstanding admission offers issued between 2021 and 2026 to either accept or reject the offers
The new deadline is Wednesday, September 30, 2026, replacing the earlier date of Monday, August 31.
JAMB said the extension was intended to give candidates who had yet to make a decision on their admission offers one final opportunity to do so.
The Acting Director of Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, announced the extension in a statement posted on X on Saturday.
According to the board, the affected candidates include those with pending regular or CUIIA admission offers that have neither been accepted nor rejected on the JAMB platform.
“Candidates with pending admission offers who have not yet accepted or rejected (regular or CUIIA) such offers are strongly advised to do so before 30 September 2026,” Benjamin said.
The board, however, warned candidates against waiting until the last day, stressing that failure to act within the extended period could affect the status of their admissions.
“Candidates should not wait until the deadline, as failure to take action within the stipulated period will have consequences for the status of such admissions,” JAMB stated.
JAMB explained that candidates who accept their outstanding admission offers will be able to proceed with printing and obtaining their admission letters.
Those who reject the offers, on the other hand, will have their admission dashboards changed to “Not Admitted.”
The board said the change would allow it to update its records and ensure that its national admission database accurately reflects candidates’ current status.
“Those who reject their offers will have their dashboards reverted to ‘Not Admitted’, enabling the Board to update its records and ensure that its admission data accurately reflects the current status of candidates,” it said.
JAMB also addressed the situation of candidates who are no longer studying at the institutions where their earlier admission offers were made.
The board said such candidates may still accept the outstanding admission and thereafter apply for the appropriate correction or deletion of the admission, depending on their circumstances.
“For candidates who are no longer in the institution where the previous admission was offered, or who are currently in a different programme from the one for which the previous admission was offered, such candidates may accept the outstanding admission and subsequently apply for the appropriate correction or deletion of the admission, as the case may be,” JAMB stated.
It said the procedure would enable it to properly update the affected candidates’ admission records.
The board also provided guidance for candidates who are currently pursuing a second degree but still have an earlier admission offer that was never accepted.
Such candidates, JAMB said, may reject the previous offer and continue with their current programme.
Candidates who have already secured a fresh admission during the 2026 admission exercise also received an assurance from the board.
JAMB said rejecting an earlier, outstanding admission offer would not affect their new admission.
“Such candidates may reject the previous admission offer, and doing so will have no adverse effect whatsoever on their 2026 admission,” the board stated.
JAMB said the extension was necessary to ensure that candidates clearly indicate what they intend to do with outstanding offers while allowing the board to keep its national admission records accurate and up to date.
“The Board is providing this extension to give all affected candidates one final opportunity to indicate clearly whether they wish to accept or reject their outstanding admission offers,” it said.
The board added that the exercise would help it “maintain accurate, current and reliable national admission records.”
Despite granting additional time, JAMB made it clear that candidates should not expect another extension.
“The Board wishes to emphasise that there will be no further opportunity after the expiration of the extended deadline on Wednesday, 30 September 2026,” it warned.
At the end of the new deadline, all outstanding admission offers dating from 2021 to 2026 that have not been accepted or rejected will automatically be reverted to “Not Admitted” on JAMB’s records.
“At the expiration of the deadline, all outstanding admission offers from 2021 to date that have neither been accepted nor rejected will automatically be reverted to ‘Not Admitted’ status and will remain so on the Board’s records,” JAMB said.
The board therefore urged all affected candidates to take action as soon as possible rather than risk losing their outstanding offers.
“All affected candidates are therefore strongly urged to act immediately and not wait until the deadline,” it said.
JAMB issued a final warning to candidates who may be tempted to leave their offers unattended, stressing that failure to accept an admission offer within the stipulated period will render the offer invalid.
