The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended the deadline for candidates with outstanding admission offers dating from 2021 to accept or reject the offers.
The new deadline is now September 30, 2026, replacing the earlier August 31 date set by the board.
JAMB disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja by its Public Communication Adviser, Dr Fabian Benjamin.
The board said the extension applies to all affected candidates, including those offered admission through the regular process and the Centralised University International Admission (CUIIA) scheme.
Benjamin urged candidates who still have unaccepted admission offers to use the additional time to indicate their decisions before the new deadline.
“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,” he said.
According to him, candidates who accept their offers will be able to print and obtain their admission letters.
He added that candidates who reject their offers would have their dashboards changed to “Not Admitted”, enabling JAMB to update its records and ensure that its admission database reflects their current status.
Benjamin explained that candidates who had moved to other institutions after receiving their previous admission offers could still accept the outstanding offers and thereafter apply for the relevant correction or deletion.
The same provision, he said, applies to candidates who are now studying different programmes from those for which they were previously offered admission.
The JAMB spokesman also advised candidates who are currently pursuing second-degree programmes but still have unaccepted earlier admission offers to reject the old offers and continue with their present courses.
He also sought to allay the concerns of candidates who secured admission during the 2026 admission exercise but still have earlier offers pending.
“The board wishes to make it clear that candidates who have been offered admission in the 2026 admission exercise but still have a previous admission offer pending should not be apprehensive.
“Such candidates may reject the previous admission offer, and doing so will have no adverse effect whatsoever on their 2026 admission,” he said.
Benjamin said the extension was granted to provide affected candidates with a final opportunity to regularise their admission status.
He said the measure would also assist JAMB in keeping its national admission records accurate, updated and reliable.
“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.
“They will remain so on the board’s records,” he said.
He therefore advised all affected candidates to take action before September 30, stressing that waiting until the last day could have serious consequences.
Benjamin warned that any admission offer that is not accepted within the stipulated period would become invalid.
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