The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned University candidates registering for the 2026 UTME that failing to disclose any existing admission could result in the forfeiture of both offers.
The announcement was contained in a statement issued on Monday, January 28, 2026, by Fabian Benjamin, Ph.D, JP, Public Communication Advisor to JAMB.
This is coming amid false narratives circulating online regarding candidates’ matriculation status and compliance obligations.
According to JAMB, in line with its statutory mandate to prevent multiple matriculations, all candidates registering for the 2026 UTME/DE are required to disclose their matriculation status where applicable.
“For the avoidance of doubt and for record purposes, and in line with its statutory mandate to prevent multiple matriculations, the Board directed that all candidates registering for the 2026 UTME/DE must disclose their matriculation status, where applicable,” they said
“Disclosure simply means that once a candidate secures admission through the latest registration, the former admission automatically ceases to subsist.
“The law is explicit that no candidate is permitted to hold two admissions concurrently,” they said
Some posts circulating on social media claimed that undergraduate students were banned from registering for the 2026 UTME and Direct Entry examinations, suggesting they could not sit the exams while still enrolled in a tertiary institution.
In November last year, the examination board introduced the mandatory admission status disclosure for 2026 UTME applicants to prevent impersonation and examination malpractice.