UNN Denies Irregularities In Admission List

The Management of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) has dismissed a societal media work alleging irregularities successful the University’s 2025/2026 admittance process, peculiarly successful the precocious released Primary Admission List of Monday, October 20, 2025.

Acting nationalist relations serviceman of the University, Inya Agha Egwu, made the clarification successful a connection connected Thursday.

Egwu insisted that the allegation was not lone mendacious but besides maliciously intended to discredit the integrity of the University of Nigeria and its Vice-Chancellor, who has a long-standing estimation for integrity and excellence.

He disclosed that the University of Nigeria does not behaviour its admittance processes successful isolation, adding that each signifier of the process was monitored, supervised, and validated by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

“To acceptable the grounds straight, we privation to authorities that the University of Nigeria does not behaviour its admittance processes successful isolation. Every signifier of the process is monitored, supervised, and validated by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

“Admissions into Federal Universities, including the University of Nigeria, are based connected nationally approved quota strategy of 45% for Merit; 35% for Catchment Area (Locality) and 20% for Educationally Less Developed States (ELDS).

“In accordance with the nationalist admittance policy, the Faculty of Medical Sciences, UNN, approved category-specific cut-off marks for Medicine and Surgery arsenic follows: Merit: 338.0 Catchment Areas: Enugu – 334.5; Anambra – 331.6; Imo – 333.1; Abia – 326.5; Ebonyi – 314.2; Delta – 315.8 and Akwa Ibom – 282.3

“With respect to information for Educationally Less Developed States (ELDS), the pursuing cut-off points applied: Taraba – 312.1; Rivers – 295.4; Kogi – 294.6; Bayelsa – 317.3; Niger – 287.9; Cross River – 287.7; Benue – 282.4; Gombe – 282.4; Kaduna – 280.3 and Katsina – 283.3. These figures intelligibly show that cut-off marks alteration by admittance category, successful accordance with the nationalist admittance policy,” Egwu stated.

He further explained that the University’s Primary Admission List was prepared by the respective Deans of Faculties and subsequently approved by the Committee of Deans, chaired by the Vice-Chancellor, noting that the process ensured strict compliance with owed process, transparency, and the officially approved guidelines.

He said contrary to the assertion that “fewer than ten” candidates scored supra 338, the University’s admittance records amusement that implicit 600 candidates scored supra 300 successful Medicine and Surgery alone, adding that yhe Faculty of Medical Sciences usually person an extended excavation of highly qualified applicants.

“The University of Nigeria, nether the enactment of Professor Simon Uchenna Ortuanya, remains firmly committed to its founding values of integrity, fairness, and meritocracy successful each world and administrative processes. Admissions into the University are earned done world excellence, not power oregon fiscal inducement.

“The University advises members of the nationalist to disregard the unfounded claims made by Mr Aniebo Nwamu, and to get verified accusation astir UNN’s admittance processes lone done the University’s authoritative website and different verified connection channels,” he stated.