The digital transformation of Nigeria’s tertiary admissions system entered a new chapter on Friday with the appointment of Professor Segun Aina as Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

Aina succeeds Professor Is-haq Oloyede, whose second and final five-year tenure ended on July 31, closing a decade that transformed JAMB into one of Nigeria’s most technologically advanced government agencies through computer-based testing, enhanced transparency and improved revenue management.

The appointment by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu places a computer engineering scholar with extensive expertise in digital systems, cybersecurity and examination technology at the centre of an institution that processes millions of tertiary admission applications annually and plays a pivotal role in Nigeria’s human capital development.

Speaking after assuming office, Aina described his appointment as a call to national service and pledged to strengthen institutional integrity through technology, accountability and strict enforcement against examination malpractice.

He declared zero tolerance for operators of compromised Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres and other individuals involved in examination fraud, saying the Board would intensify the deployment of technological, administrative and investigative tools to detect and prosecute offenders.

“I assure Mr. President, and indeed everyone in Nigeria, that I shall discharge this responsibility with integrity, fairness, diligence and an unwavering commitment to the public good.

“To those who organise examination malpractice and those who compromise CBT centres, hear me clearly. Your business is with the wrong institution. JAMB will continue to deploy every lawful, technological, administrative and investigative measure available to detect,…