BREAKING: 39 Year Old Prof. Aina to Assume Office as New JAMB Registrar

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, appointed Prof Segun Aina, a Computer Engineering professor at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board.

He succeeds Prof Is-haq Oloyede, whose two-term tenure expires on July 31, 2026.

Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed this in a statement he signed on Thursday, stating that Aina, who will turn 40 in July, will be the youngest registrar in JAMB’s history, having already made history at 39 as one of Nigeria’s youngest professors of Computer Engineering.

Aina holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Kent, MSc in Internet Computing and Network Security, and a PhD in Digital Signal Processing, both from Loughborough University in the United Kingdom.

He has also completed the Senior Management Programme at Lagos Business School.

The Presidency said Aina began his working relationship with JAMB during his National Youth Service, gaining early exposure to national admissions and data-driven institutional processes that, it said, had shaped his ongoing contributions to examination reform and systems optimisation.

“With over 15 years of post-graduation experience, Prof Aina operates at the intersection of technology, policy, and institutional transformation, advising federal and state governments on system design, digital transition, and operational reform.

“At 39, he became one of Nigeria’s youngest Computer Engineering professors and will now make history as JAMB’s youngest registrar.

“He has served as a consultant to major examination bodies, including NECO, NABTEB, and various state ministries of education, providing expertise on ICT systems, examination integrity, and digital process optimisation,” the statement read.

Aina is a member of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, the Nigerian Society of Engineers, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Institution of Engineering and Technology.

“President Tinubu expects Professor Aina to bring to bear his vast experience, knowledge and practical insight into the operations of the board, to take the critical educational organisation beyond the laudable heights achieved by his predecessor,” he stated.