Activist-cum-politician, Omoyele Sowore, has called for the resignation or sack of the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof Ishaq Oloyede.
Newspot reports that JAMB admitted to errors in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.
Out of the 1.9 million candidates who sat for the examinations, over 1.5 million scored below 200 out of the maximum 400 marks.
Speaking in Abuja, Oloyede said some candidates would be scheduled to resit the 2025 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination, UTME.
He said affected candidates will begin getting text messages from Thursday.
In total, at least 379,997 candidates in the five states of the South East and Lagos are expected to participate.
Reacting, Sowore called on the Nigerian government to scrap JAMB.
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.”
