“Why JAMB Suspended Our Law Programme” –  Redeemer University

By Akinwale Kasali

The Management of Redeemer University, has given reasons why the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, suspension its Law Programme.

According to a statement issued by Management of th2 University located at Ede, Osun State, and signed by its Deputy Director, Corporate Affairs  Adetunji Adeleye, on Saturday, the law programme was suspended by Council for Legal Education, CLE, to penalise the University for commencing the programme in 2017, with only the approval of National Universities Commission, NUC.

It also said that the University, currently had full accreditation from both the National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Council for Legal Education (CLE), to run an undergraduate law programme.

According to the statement, the one year ban does not, in any way, affect students currently running their programmes in the University’s  Faculty of Law.

“Redeemer’s University holds all regulatory institutions in very high regard and will comply with the penalty imposed by CLE, by not offering admission into the law programme for 2025/2026 academic session.

“Prospective candidates into the programme may apply to other programmes offered by Redeemer’s University, as all other programmes in the institution have all the required accreditations”, it said.

It would be recalled that JAMB had, on Thursday, suspended admissions for law programmes in eight institutions, following the suspension of the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) programme.

Sequel to the suspension, the Management, in a statement, signed by the Public Communications Advisor of JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja said CLE had suspended law programmes for 2025/2026 academic session due to violation of regulatory procedures.

Benjamin listed the affected Universities as: Kwara State University, Malete, Kwara; Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa State; Redeemers University, Ede, Osun; and Western Delta University, Oghara, Delta.

Others are Taraba State University, Jalingo, Taraba; Arthur Jarvis University, Akpabuyo, Cross River; Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi; and Nigerian Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State.