2025 UTME: S’East Reps Caucus Seeks Resignation Of JAMB Registrar Over Technical Glitches
The South-East Caucus of the 10th House of Representatives has called for the resignation of the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Ishaq Oloyede, over the technical glitch recorded in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
It also called for the examination to be completely cancelled and a new date fixed for the exercise across the country.
In a statement signed by the caucus leader, Igariwey Iduma Enwo, the lawmakers described the examination’s outcome as a “national shame.”
They said, “To this end, we call for the immediate suspension of those at the commanding heights of JAMB’s digital operations and examination logistics”
The South-East lawmakers said they were concerned because the five southeastern states they represent, “with no exception,” were directly impacted by “JAMB’s so-called ‘score distortions’.”
According to them, the situation “is clearly a disastrous and catastrophic institutional failure that has shaken the trust and confidence of students and families across the country”.
The lawmakers also said apologies were not enough to address the implications of the national embarrassment that attended JAMB’s conduct of the 2025 UTME examination.
Meanwhile, JAMB had said it established that a technical glitch affected 157 out of the 887 centres, leading to the candidates’ general low performance.
