39-year-old Professor Segun Aina named next JAMB Registrar

39-year-old Professor Segun Aina named next JAMB Registrar

Ebun Emmanuel –May 21,2026

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Professor Segun Aina as the new Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

The appointment of the 39-year-old Professor, signalled the end of Professor Is-haq Oloyede’s decade-long tenure.

The appointment was announced in a statement by the Director of Information at the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, adding that  Oloyede’s tenure will officially expire on July 31, 2026.

Professor Aina, a Professor of Computer Engineering at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, is set to make history as the youngest Registrar ever to lead the nation’s premier examination and matriculation body.

He holds a Doctorate in Digital Signal Processing from Loughborough University, United Kingdom.

Aina brings a wealth of practical experience from previous roles with the National Examinations Council (NECO) and the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB).

The new JAMB boss began his career by serving as a corps member with JAMB during his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) year.

As Oloyede prepares to leave office after two terms of five years each, he is widely celebrated for clearing the backlog of unclaimed admission spaces, blocking financial leakages that that saw JAMB’s remittances to the federal purse rise from N3 million to over N50 billion, and sanitizing the system of fake ‘cut-off’ marks.

Aina is expected to assume office on August 1, 2026.