Ishaq Oloyede, registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board (JAMB), broke down in tears on Wednesday as he offered an apology to
candidates affected by technical errors in the 2025 Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Exam (UTME).
Addressing a press conference in Abuja, Oloyede admitted
that mistakes made by one of JAMB’s service providers led to distorted results
for nearly 380,000 candidates in 157 centres across Lagos and Owerri.
Visibly emotional, the registrar said: “As registrar of
JAMB, I hold myself personally responsible and I unreservedly apologise for the
trauma it has subjected affected Nigerians to, directly and indirectly.”
Oloyede, who struggled to hold back tears, said the board’s
reputation has taken a hit despite rigorous quality assurance measures put in
place before the examination.
“We burn the midnight oil, but despite everything, an error
happened. It is a classical manifestation of the axiom that man proposes, but
God disposes,” he said.
Nigerians deserve more than an apology from JAMB. We can all agree that JAMB lacks the capacity to proctor, assess, and compute candidates' results. The organisation needs a complete human and technological overhaul before another exam is conducted. Not time for crocodile tears! pic.twitter.com/yRIaiSmNxW
— Bros IK (@bros_aik) May 14, 2025
JAMB has scheduled a resit for all affected candidates
starting Friday, May 16.
The board said candidates will be contacted directly through
SMS, email, and phone calls to reprint their slips.
The results from JAMB’s 2025 UTME were released on May 9.
An analysis indicated that more than 78 per cent of
candidates scored less than 200 points out of the 400 maximum obtainable
points.
This spurred protests that questioned the overall integrity
of the examination process.
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