The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has set an internally generated revenue target of N23.8 billion for the 2026 fiscal year while expanding its examination infrastructure to 1,000 centres nationwide, up from fewer than 800 centres used in 2025.
Muftau Bello, a director in the office of the JAMB registrar, disclosed this on Wednesday during the presentation of the board’s 2026 budget proposal to the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund. Bello represented the JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, at the budget defence session.
According to Bello, JAMB’s total budget proposal for 2026 stands at N30.6 billion, with N23.8 billion expected from internal revenue generation. Out of this, the board plans to remit N6 billion into the Federation account as operating surplus.
“A total of N30.6 billion budget profile is proposed by JAMB in 2026, out of which N23.8 billion is to be generated internally and N6 billion to be remitted into the Federation account as operating surplus for the year,” Bello stated.
He informed the committee that the board generated N18.5 billion as IGR in 2025 and remitted N4 billion to the federation account during the same period.
Regarding preparations for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, Bello announced that JAMB has expanded its network to 1,000 examination centres across Nigeria, representing a significant increase from the fewer than 800 centres deployed in 2025.
Amos Yohanna, Senator representing Adamawa North, called on the board to consider reducing the current N3,500 examination fee. In response, Bello noted that the fee had previously stood at N5,000 before the current Registrar reduced it to N3,500.
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