The House Committee on Ethics and Public Petitions has announced 19 February 2026 as the date to examine a complaint filed against the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) regarding its controversial policy preventing candidates below 16 years from securing admission into a tertiary institution after sitting the 2025 UTME examinations.

Vincent Adebayo Àdòdó, legal representative for the complainants, received the electronic hearing notification from the Committee's Secretariat. The complaint originates from Movement against JAMB Injustice 2025, a coalition of parents, students, and concerned citizens affected by the restriction. Their petition, dated 23 September 2025, contests JAMB's refusal to admit qualified candidates into tertiary institutions for the 2025/2026 academic session based solely on their failure to attain 16 years by 31 August 2025, despite demonstrating outstanding performance in the 2025 UTME examinations.

Through legal counsel, the coalition asserted that enforcing this policy breaches existing court rulings and constitutional guarantees. They argued that "the action of JAMB in enforcing the policy in disobedience to the judgments of two superior courts of record violates the 1999 Constitution which mandates all authorities and persons to obey the judgments of courts," whilst also claiming that "the action of JAMB violated the fundamental rights of the petitioners against their right to freedom from discrimination guaranteed by Section 42 of the 1999 Constitution." 

The group concluded that "The fate of these children will ultimately depend on the proactiveness of the House of Representatives in handling this petition."