UTME errors: NANS calls for the removal of the JAMB registrar

Numerous students' ambitions have been dashed by this disastrous failure, which has also caused them immense psychological suffering and, in this instance, led a young scholar to the brink of despair.Referencing a suicide case involving a student in the Ikorodu neighborhood of Lagos State over her UTME result, Adeyemi reacted to the admission by the JAMB authorities by emphasizing that the neglect of JAMB has caused incalculable psychological suffering to the affected pupils.

He stated, “The National Association of Nigerian Students is appalled by the unforgivable incompetence of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, which has resulted in widespread despair among Nigerian students and, most cruelly, the loss of a promising young life in Lagos.

"JAMB's acknowledgement of mistakes in the published UTME results, especially in Lagos and five South East states, is a scathing critique of the organization's incapacity.In response to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board's admission that the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination was riddled with mistakes, the National Association of Nigerian Students demanded on Thursday that Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar, quit.

Samson Adeyemi, NANS's National Public Relations Officer, issued a statement in which he called the mistakes a "damning indictment of the institution's inefficiency."

Oloyede sobbed as he expressed regret for the mistakes in the UTME results during a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday.

While adding that the affected students would rewrite the examinations, Oloyede claimed he took full responsibility for the incompetence of its staff which led to the blunders.

This is not just an administrative lapse, it is an institutional disgrace.”

As a result, NANS called for the JAMB boss to step down and for the family of the departed student to receive compensation.

Professor Ishaq Oloyede ought to step down immediately. The administration of an examination board that controls the destiny of Nigerian students cannot be continued by the leadership that oversaw this catastrophe.

"JAMB must take accountability for the irreparable harm it has caused and offer the bereaved family financial, emotional, and legal support."

"JAMB has indicated that 379,997 students will have their UTME rescheduled; nevertheless, NANS expects complete transparency and integrity in this process."

We will not put up with any more ineptitude," Adeyemi declared.

In closing, he urged the federal government to make sure that changes were implemented to prevent similar mistakes in the future.