UTME FAILURE: SOWORE URGES NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT TO SACK PROF ISHAQ OLOYEDE, ABOLISH JAMB
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By: Motunrayo Aniwura
Activist and politician Omoyele Sowore has demanded the resignation or dismissal of Professor Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
This follows JAMB’s admission of errors in the conduct of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Out of approximately 1.9 million candidates who took the exam, more than 1.5 million scored below 200 out of a possible 400.
Addressing the issue in Abuja, Prof. Oloyede announced that some affected candidates would be required to retake the exam, with notifications set to begin via text messages starting Thursday.
A total of 379,997 candidates from the five South Eastern states and Lagos are expected to resit the UTME.
In response, Sowore urged the Nigerian government to abolish JAMB entirely.
Posting on X, Sowore wrote: “This is a country of really dangerous public officials; while @JAMBHQ registrar is here forming, he “regrets” the monumental disaster he superintended upon that has claimed a young life, and instead of resigning immediately, he brought to the same press conference a bunch of callous yesmen to clap for him. #ScrapJAMB, Sack the incompetent Prof. Oloyede Now! #RevolutionNow
“The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (@JAMBHQ) Prof. Oloyede bears responsibility for the organization’s egregious errors, which have devastatingly claimed a young life, shedding crocodile tears is not a remedy for these infractions.
“As a first step, he should resign, followed by a thorough investigation and possible prosecution for manslaughter. Moreover, JAMB must be scrapped. #revolutionnow.”
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