2025 UTME: JAMB finally reacts tp report of asking candidate to reprint slips for resit

• JAMB has distanced itself from circulating messages asking the 2025 UTME candidates to reprint their slips for a resit of the exercise
• According to JAMB, the circulating messages were fraudulent and targeted astatine deceiving unsuspecting 2025 UTME candidates
• JAMB further disclosed that the assailants are utilizing the spoofed mentation of its authoritative 66019 shortcode

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has distanced itself from viral messages that were asking the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates to reprint their introspection slips for a resit examination.

This was disclosed successful a connection signed by the introspection board's spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, who explained that the connection was fraudulent and targeted astatine deceiving the unsuspecting candidates.

JAMB denies sending SMS to 2025 UTME candidates for a resit Photo Credit: @JAMBHQ
Source: Twitter

How fraudsters usage JAMB codification to nonstop messages

JAMB explained that the fake messages were being dispersed utilizing the spoofed mentation of its authoritative 66019 shortcode.

The connection reads successful part:

“We categorically authorities that these messages are not from JAMB. There are presently nary scheduled examinations, and candidates who person completed the resit introspection and received their results request not beryllium concerned. Such messages are fraudulent and intended to sow confusion.”

The introspection committee further made it known that it was not readying immoderate resit introspection and urged the nationalist to disregard the directive successful the viral messages.

JAMB is preparing for overseas exams - spokesperson

Fabian explained that the lone introspection that the committee is presently being prepared for is the overseas exam, which volition beryllium conducted successful 9 countries crossed the Middle East, Europe and immoderate African countries.

He besides explained that a mop-up exam volition soon beryllium organised successful 2025 for UTME candidates who could not beryllium for the earlier league arsenic a effect of biometric issues and others who were granted waivers.

JAMB past called connected candidates and stakeholders to disregard the connection and hold till it issues an authoritative connection astir immoderate aboriginal introspection schedules.

JAMB denies readying for caller resit of the 2025 UTEM exercise Photo Credit: @JAMBHQ
Source: Twitter

JAMB experiences technician glitshes

Recall that JAMB has earlier initiated a resit for immoderate 2025 UTME candidates aft the committee experienced immoderate method glitches that affected the results of the archetypal examination. Primarily, the contented affected 379,997 candidates successful 157 centres successful Lagos and the 5 states successful the southeast.

The improvement has led to the telephone for the resignation of the JAMB registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, peculiarly from immoderate salient figures successful the southeast, including the Reps caucus.

But Oladotun Hassan, a ineligible practitioner, successful an exclusive interrogation with Legit.ng, explained that the telephone for Oloyede's resignation was unnecessary, considering the information that method glitches can hap to immoderate organisation. His connection reads:

"One has to admit the value of being remorseful successful immoderate situation. The JAMB Registrar has travel retired to marque it known that determination was nary volition to origin that glitch, and it was a strategy glitch that tin hap to immoderate organisation."

MURIC rejects calls for JAMB registrar's resignation

Legit.ng earlier reported that MURIC has condemned the calls for the registration of JAMB Registrar Prof Ishaq Oloyede implicit method glitches successful the 2025 UTME results.

In a statement, the Islamic organisation pointed retired that the telephone by the Southeast House of Representatives caucus and the ASUU section of the UNN has an ethnical undertone.

Recall that Oloyede precocious admitted method glitches successful the UTME results, and affected candidates, who were from Lagos and southeast states, were rescheduled for different exercise.

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Source: Legit.ng