Ohanaeze reacts angrily, makes key demand after JAMB registrar publicly admits error in 2025 UTME

• The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has firmly rejected the determination by the Joint JAMB to docket a caller UTME for candidates affected by the caller method error
• JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, connected May 14, acknowledged that errors successful processing led to this year's wide failures, peculiarly successful the 5 South-East states and Lagos
• While JAMB projected a retake of the introspection arsenic a solution, the younker helping of the apex Igbo socio-cultural enactment has described the program arsenic “totally unacceptable”

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has implicit 2 years of acquisition covering political parties and movements.

The younker helping of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, has rejected the determination by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to docket a caller introspection for candidates affected by what it termed “errors” successful the precocious released Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results.

Ohanaeze speaks arsenic JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, admitted to errors successful this year's UTME exercise, reschedules resit for affected candidates. Photo credit: JAMB HQ
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Legit.ng reported that JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, had connected Wednesday, May 14, admitted that errors led to the debased scores of candidates successful the 5 South-East states and Lagos State.

Fresh UTME: Ohanaeze demands 300 scores for S'East candidates

Reacting successful a statement, the National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, described the determination arsenic “totally unacceptable.”

As reported by The Nigerian Tribune, the radical besides demanded that 300 scores beryllium awarded to each affected candidates from the South-East.

Ohanaeze demands compensation for affected candidates, insisted that resit is simply a intelligence torture. Photo credit: JAMB HQ
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Okwu said it was a disservice for JAMB to taxable the candidates to “another circular of intelligence torture, stress, and risk” for nary responsibility of theirs, The Guardian reported.

Okwu said:

“We privation to authorities unequivocally that our radical volition not judge immoderate caller examination, having already been subjected to intelligence torture by JAMB.“The candidates are not successful the close framework of caput to acquisition different examination, having been faced with intelligence torture ever since the fake results were announced.“Besides, who is going to carnivore the cost? The aforesaid parents who are facing terrible fiscal challenges? What of the hazard of moving to the introspection locations, successful a state ravaged by insecurity?”

He warned that should JAMB neglect to conscionable their demands, the radical would instrumentality ineligible enactment against the Board.

Read much astir UTME 2025 here:

• Federal assemblage speaks arsenic JAMB admits mistake successful 2025 UTME
• UTME 2025: JAMB registrar told to resign arsenic 19-year-old reportedly kills self, “Crocodile tears not remedy”

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that Faith Opesusi, a 19-year-old UTME candidate, took her ain beingness after receiving a debased people of 146 successful 2025, contempt scoring precocious successful 2024.

Her father, Oluwafemi Opesusi, said the symptom of the debased people devastated Faith, who wanted to survey Microbiology, but the effect crushed her dreams.

JAMB registrar Ishaq Oloyede admitted that an mistake had affected scores for thousands of candidates, apologised, and announced a resit exam starting May 16, 2025.

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Source: Legit.ng