JAMB loses third ex-chairman in 2020 as Prof Mohammed passes on Published Mohammed is the third deceased former JAMB Chairman in 2020. The 1st, Professor Oladipo Akinkugbe and 8th, Professor Samson Ukpabi, passed away earlier. Born on April 5, 1942, Mohammed died in his hometown, Ningi, in Bauchi State. Mohammed was JAMB Chairman when the body’s mandate was expanded in 1989 to cover the conduct of examination and admission to Polytechnics and Colleges of Education. He oversaw the construction of JAMB Headquarters in Abuja and the expansion of the Kaduna branch to accommodate the Test Development, and the later Research, Monitoring and Evaluation (now Quality Assurance) Departments.