Peter Obi has praised Ishaq Oloyede, the registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), for acknowledging errors in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), but stressed the importance of preventing such mistakes in the future.
Oloyede had tearfully admitted that errors affected candidates’ performance in the examination.
Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, commended Oloyede’s admission and called for measures to avoid future recurrences.
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“His open admission of fault and the expression of deep remorse stand out as a rare but commendable display of accountability in our public institutions,” Obi wrote on his X handle, noting that the incident “raises a very concerning issue on glitches and the grave havoc it’s creating in our country, even in critical institutions like JAMB.”
“There must be no room for further glitches – not in JAMB, not in any arm of government. The cost of repeated failure is simply too high,” he stated.
The former Anambra State governor acknowledged JAMB’s willingness to own up to its mistakes, but emphasized that “the incident has brought to light a far more troubling reality: the persistent fragility of our institutional systems.”
“The emotional and psychological toll on students, and even parents, some of whom have reportedly suffered severe trauma, and in heartbreaking cases, even death, serves as a reminder of what is at stake,”Obi said.“The integrity of examination processes and the reliability of public institutions are not optional; they are foundational to any nation’s progress.”
He urged JAMB and similar agencies to “adopt comprehensive quality assurance frameworks,” including “rigorous testing and constant auditing of technical infrastructure” and “transparent communication with candidates and stakeholders,” to restore public confidence.
During a press briefing on Wednesday, Oloyede said, “It is our culture to admit errors because we know that in spite of the best of our efforts, we are human; we are not perfect.” He announced that approximately 379,997 candidates would retake the examination.
His admission followed widespread outrage over technical glitches, unusually low scores, and alleged irregularities in the 2025 UTME. JAMB’s review of the examination revealed that a technical glitch affected 157 out of 887 centers.
The agency’s result breakdown showed that over 1.5 million of the 1.95 million candidates scored below 200.
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