The management of Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, has expressed its readiness to comply with the one-year suspension of its law programme by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
JAMB, in a statement released on Wednesday, announced that it will not process admissions for the law programme in eight universities, including KWASU, following the suspension of the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) programme by the Council of Legal Education (CLE) for the 2025/2026 academic session.
In response, KWASU’s Acting Director of University Relations, Dr. Saeedat Aliyu, issued a statement clarifying that the ban resulted from the university’s initial approval from only the National Universities Commission (NUC) when it commenced the programme in 2018.
“JAMB’s announcement of a one-year ban on admission into KWASU’s law programme is a result of the decision of the Council for Legal Education (CLE) to sanction KWASU for commencing the law programme in 2018 with only the approval of the National Universities Commission (NUC),” the statement read.
The university, however, reaffirmed that it now holds full accreditation from both the NUC and CLE to run two undergraduate law programmes: Common Law and Common and Islamic Law.
“Management wishes to state that the one-year ban does not in any way affect students currently running their programmes in the University’s Faculty of Law,” the statement added.
KWASU emphasized its commitment to adhering to all regulatory requirements and assured that it will not admit new students into its law programmes for the 2025/2026 academic session. The university advised prospective candidates to consider other accredited programmes within the institution, all of which meet the necessary accreditation standards.