The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has firmly rejected the decision by JAMB to schedule a fresh UTME for candidates affected by the recent technical error JAMB registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, on May 14, acknowledged that errors in processing led to this year’s mass failures, particularly in the five South-East states and Lagos While JAMB proposed a retake of the examination as a solution, the youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation has described the plan as “totally unacceptable”
The youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, has rejected the decision by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to schedule a fresh examination for candidates affected by what it termed “errors” in the recently released Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results.
Zeit Gist reported that JAMB registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, had on Wednesday, May 14, admitted that errors led to the low scores of candidates in the five South-East states and Lagos State.
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Reacting in a statement, the national president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, described the decision as “totally unacceptable.”
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that Faith Opesusi, a 19-year-old UTME candidate, took her own life after receiving a low score of 146 in 2025, despite scoring high in 2024.
Her father, Oluwafemi Opesusi, said the pain of the low score devastated Faith, who wanted to study Microbiology, but the result crushed her dreams.
JAMB registrar Ishaq Oloyede admitted that an error had affected scores for thousands of candidates, apologised, and announced a resit exam starting May 16, 2025.
