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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called for the resignation of Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), after the examination body acknowledged that the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) was plagued by inaccuracies.
In a statement issued by their National Public Relations Officer, Samson Adeyemi, NANS labeled these errors as a “serious indictment of the institution’s incompetence.”
Oloyede became emotional during a press conference on Wednesday in Abuja, where he apologized for the mistakes made in the UTME results.
He stated that those affected would need to retake the exams and accepted full responsibility for the lapse in oversight that led to these errors.
In response to JAMB’s acknowledgment, Adeyemi emphasized that this negligence has caused significant psychological harm to the impacted students, citing a suicide case of a student from Ikorodu, Lagos State, linked to her UTME score.
He expressed that, "The National Association of Nigerian Students is appalled by the unforgivable negligence of JAMB, which has led to widespread anguish among Nigerian students, culminating in the tragic loss of a promising young life in Lagos. JAMB's admission of errors in the UTME results, especially in Lagos and five South East states, starkly illustrates the institution’s incompetence.
"This disastrous failure has shattered the aspirations of numerous students, causing them immense psychological distress, and in this particular case, pushed a young student to the brink of despair.
This isn't just a simple administrative error; it constitutes a profound institutional disgrace."
NANS has thus insisted on Oloyede’s immediate resignation and called for compensation to be provided to the family of the deceased student.
"Prof. Ishaq Oloyede must resign without delay. The leadership responsible for this debacle cannot continue managing an examination body that impacts the future of Nigerian students.
JAMB must take accountability for the irreversible harm it has caused and offer financial, psychological, and legal support to the mourning family."
While JAMB has indicated a rescheduled UTME for 379,997 students, NANS demands full transparency and integrity in this upcoming process, insisting that further incompetence will not be tolerated, Adeyemi concluded.
He urged the federal government to implement reforms to prevent similar issues from arising in the future.
