The Labour party candidate for the 2023 presidential election, Mr Peter Obi has given kudos to the registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Ishaq Oloyede, for admitting to glitches in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) which led to mass failure.
Mr Obi, who is also a former Governor of Anambra State while describing the open admission of faults as rare among public officers and institutions in the country, however enjoined Oloyede to prevent such errors from occurring in the future.
“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 this Thursday .
“It 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,” the former Anambra Governor advised.
According to him, “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.
“The integrity of examination processes and the reliability of public institutions are not optional; they are foundational to any nation’s progress,” Mr Obi insisted.
He therefore challenged JAMB and other similar agencies to adopt comprehensive quality assurance frameworks by ensuring rigorous testing and constant auditing of technical infrastructure, asking for transparent communication with candidates and stakeholders” among others to restore public confidence.
Recall , Oloyede had during a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, admitted that there were errors in the examination and announced that about 379,997 candidates would retake the examination.
