JAMB, Rite Foods To Honour Seven Outstanding Undergraduates with Cash Prize

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), in partnership with Rite Foods Limited, will honour seven exceptional Nigerian undergraduates with ₦5 million each at the maiden Academic Excellence Recognition Award Ceremony scheduled to hold on Tuesday, June 30, in Lagos.

The initiative is aimed at celebrating outstanding academic performance during the 2025 admission exercise and rewarding students who excelled in both the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and their respective post-UTME or institutional screening exercises.

According to a statement signed by JAMB’s Public Communications Adviser (PCA), Dr. Fabian Benjamin, the initiative reflects the commitment of both organisations to promoting academic excellence and merit.

“The initiative, sponsored by Rite Foods Limited, underscores the shared commitment of both organisations to promoting academic excellence, rewarding merit, and inspiring young Nigerians to pursue educational achievement,” the statement read.

JAMB disclosed that each of the seven award recipients will receive ₦5 million in recognition of their outstanding academic achievements.

“At the ceremony, each of the seven award recipients will receive ₦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,” the Board stated.

The examination body explained that the beneficiaries emerged through a transparent and merit-based selection process coordinated by JAMB, with six winners representing Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones, while the seventh award recognises the highest-performing admitted candidate living with a disability.

“The seven awardees emerged through a rigorous, transparent, and merit-based selection process coordinated by JAMB. Six winners represent the six geopolitical zones of the country, while the seventh award recognises the highest-performing admitted candidate living with a disability,” the statement added.

The beneficiaries are drawn from 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).

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The Board noted that the recipient of the award for candidates living with disability also came from the University of Lagos, making the institution the only university to produce two awardees at the maiden edition.

“The University of Lagos stands out as the only institution producing two award recipients at this maiden edition,” the statement noted.

JAMB said the award ceremony is expected to attract more than 300 distinguished guests from Nigeria’s education sector, government, academia and the corporate community.

According to the Board, dignitaries expected at the event include the Minister of Education, JAMB Registrar Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, Vice Chancellors of the award-winning universities, Vice Chancellors of universities in Lagos State, Executive Secretaries and Chief Executive Officers of key regulatory agencies, including the National Universities Commission (NUC), National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), and National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), as well as education stakeholders, development partners, corporate leaders, students and members of the media.

“The ceremony is expected to attract over 300 distinguished guests from across Nigeria’s education sector, government, academia and the corporate community,” the statement said.

The maiden Academic Excellence Recognition Award marks one of the most significant collaborations between JAMB and the private sector to reward academic excellence and encourage merit among Nigerian students entering the nation’s tertiary institutions.