The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) is Nigeria's official entrance examination board for tertiary-level institutions. The examinations being administered are available for most students who choose to apply to Nigerian public and private monotechnics, polytechnics, and universities.
The government, under the leadership of General Olusegun Obasanjo during his military reign in 1976 established six additional universities to the exixting onces in the nation and set up a national committee on university entrance under the chairmanship of Mr. M. S. Angulu