President Bola Tinubu has appointed Professor Segun Aina as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, succeeding Professor Ishaq Oloyede, whose tenure expires on July 31, 2026.
The appointment was announced in a statement issued on Thursday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
Oloyede’s decade at JAMB was, by most accounts, transformational. Within three years of assuming office in 2016, he overhauled the board’s operations and finances. Remittances to the Federal Government rose sharply from less than ₦50 million between 1978 and 2016, to ₦7.8 billion in 2017 alone.
From 2016 to 2026, JAMB remitted ₦20.7 billion in operating surplus and funded physical and human development projects from internally generated revenue.
Here are key facts about Prof. Aina:
1. Aina is a professor of Computer Engineering at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, with expertise in digital infrastructure, national examination systems and institutional reforms.
•Qualifications
B.Eng. (Hons.) Computer Systems Engineering – 2008
M.Sc. Internet Computing and Network Security – 2009
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering (Signal Processing) – 2015
Registered Engineer, Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) – 2017
2. He is a distinguished academic and systems expert with extensive experience in national examination systems, digital infrastructure, and public-sector institutional reform.
3. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Kent, an MSc in Internet Computing and Network Security.
4. He also holds a PhD in Digital Signal Processing, both from Loughborough University, United Kingdom.
5. He has also completed the Senior Management Programme at Lagos Business School.
6. Aina has over 15 years of professional experience advising federal and state governments on digital transition, institutional reforms and system design.
7. He is one of Nigeria’s youngest professors in Computer Engineering and will become the youngest registrar in JAMB’s history.
8. Aina had previously worked as a consultant to examination bodies, including the National Examinations Council and the National Business and Technical Examinations Board on ICT systems and examination integrity.
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