The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), in partnership with Rite Foods Limited, will on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, host the maiden Academic Excellence Recognition Award Ceremony in Lagos to honour seven exceptional Nigerian students who distinguished themselves during the 2025 admission exercise.
This is contained in a statemen signed by JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, Dr. Fabian Benjamin and made available to TV360.
The initiative, sponsored by Rite Foods Limited, is aimed at promoting academic excellence, rewarding merit and inspiring young Nigerians to strive for outstanding educational achievement.
Each of the seven award recipients will receive a cash prize of ₦5 million in recognition of their exceptional performance in both the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and the respective Post-UTME or institutional screening exercises conducted by their admitting universities.
According to JAMB, the awardees emerged through a rigorous, transparent and merit-based selection process. Six of the recipients represent the country’s six geopolitical zones, while the seventh award recognises the highest-performing admitted candidate living with a disability.
The award-winning institutions are the University of Lagos (South-West), University of Uyo (South-South), Federal University of Technology, Owerri (South-East), Federal University of Applied Sciences, Kachia (North-West), University of Maiduguri (North-East), and Federal University of Technology, Minna (North-Central).
The recipient of the award for the highest-performing candidate living with a disability also gained admission into the University of Lagos, making the institution the only university with two award recipients at the maiden edition.
The ceremony is expected to attract over 300 distinguished guests drawn from Nigeria’s education sector, government, academia and the corporate community.
Among those expected are the Honourable Minister of Education, the Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, vice-chancellors of the universities attended by the award recipients, vice-chancellors of universities in Lagos State, executive secretaries and chief executives of key regulatory agencies including the National Universities Commission (NUC), the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), and the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE).
Also expected are principal officers of tertiary institutions, education stakeholders, development partners, corporate leaders, students and members of the media.
The Board said the initiative reflects the shared commitment of JAMB and Rite Foods Limited to recognising academic excellence and encouraging a culture of merit among Nigerian students.
