JAMB Gets New Registrar as Oloyede Officially Hands Over Friday

• The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that outgoing Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, will officially hand over to his successor, Prof. Segun Aina, on Friday, marking the beginning of a new leadership era at the examination body.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will officially usher in a new leadership on Friday as its outgoing Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, hands over to his successor, Prof. Segun Aina.

The board announced on Wednesday that the handover ceremony will take place on Friday, July 31, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. and will be streamed live on JAMB’s official social media platforms.

In a notice inviting members of the public to witness the event, JAMB described the ceremony as a significant milestone in the board’s leadership transition.

“Join us for the live broadcast of the official handover ceremony as Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, the outgoing Registrar of JAMB, formally hands over to Prof. Segun Aina,” the board said.

The ceremony marks the end of Oloyede’s tenure as Registrar, which expires on July 31, and the official commencement of Aina’s leadership of Nigeria’s admissions and examination body.

President Bola Tinubu had earlier appointed Aina to succeed Oloyede as JAMB Registrar.

The appointment was announced in a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.

According to the Presidency, Aina is a Professor of Computer Engineering at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, with extensive experience in digital infrastructure, national examination systems and institutional reforms.

He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Kent, United Kingdom, a Master’s degree in Internet Computing and Network Security, and a PhD in Digital Signal Processing from Loughborough University. He also completed the Senior Management Programme at Lagos Business School.

The Presidency said Aina has spent more than 15 years advising federal and state governments on digital transformation, institutional reforms and systems design.

He has also served as a consultant to examination bodies, including the National Examinations Council (NECO) and the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB), particularly on ICT systems, examination security and integrity.

The Federal Government described Aina as one of Nigeria’s youngest professors of Computer Engineering and noted that he will become the youngest Registrar in JAMB’s history.

President Tinubu expressed confidence that the incoming registrar would build on the reforms introduced under Oloyede’s administration and further strengthen the operations, transparency and credibility of the examination body.