The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced it will release the results of 379,000 candidates who participated in the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) between Friday and Monday. The results will be made public on Wednesday.
The board’s decision to conduct a resit came after nationwide uproar over mass failure in the original UTME. Following an internal investigation, JAMB admitted to both technical and human errors, particularly in Lagos and South-Eastern states, that compromised the integrity of the results.
Of the 1.9 million candidates who sat for the initial exams, more than 1.5 million scored below 200 marks out of a possible 400. JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, took full responsibility for the failures, publicly expressing remorse and announcing a resit for affected candidates—an emotional moment that saw him moved to tears.
Speaking to Hobnob News on Monday, JAMB spokesperson Dr. Fabian Benjamin confirmed that the resit results would be released on Wednesday.
Oloyede had previously revealed that 379,997 candidates were affected—206,610 from 65 centres in Lagos and 173,387 across 92 centres in the South-East. He described the situation as “sabotage” and noted that affected students began receiving exam notifications from last Thursday.
Analysis of the original UTME scores paints a bleak picture:
Only 0.24% (4,756 candidates) scored 320 and above
0.63% scored above 300
17.11% scored between 200 and 249
A staggering 50.29% scored between 160 and 199
0.10% scored below 100
The low performance across the board has ignited a national debate on the exam’s credibility and fairness.
Meanwhile, the South-East Caucus of the House of Representatives has called for the resignation of JAMB Registrar, Prof. Oloyede, citing “catastrophic institutional failure” in the 2025 UTME.
In a statement signed by Hon. Iduma Igariwey (PDP, Ebonyi), the caucus condemned JAMB’s communication failures and poor planning, especially the last-minute resit notices which clashed with the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WAEC). They argue this has inflicted unnecessary stress on students and families.
The lawmakers described the exam debacle as a “flawed and tainted process” that has denied thousands of students—especially from the South-East—their constitutional right to equal educational opportunities. They are now demanding the immediate cancellation of the 2025 UTME and a fresh round of exams, to be held after the conclusion of WAEC and NECO.
Additionally, they want key JAMB officials responsible for logistics and digital operations suspended, stating that mere public apologies are not enough.
“We commend Prof. Oloyede for his honesty, but his actions so far fall short of what the situation demands. The chaos caused by JAMB’s disjointed response has compromised the futures of many students,” the statement concluded.
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