The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has expressed deep disappointment with the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) over its handling of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The group has called for the immediate suspension of the JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede.
According to the group, “Only by doing this can patriotic Nigerians—especially the victims and their families—find sustainable relief from the avoidable anguish, pressure, anxiety, and trauma caused by this incident.”
A statement signed by the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Senator John Azuta-Mbata, the apex Igbo socio-cultural body said:
“In the midst of the foregoing, I wish to state in unambiguous terms that our people all over the world are not satisfied with the periferrial reasons and tangential justifications given by JAMB in this circumstance, as this portends not only attempt to jeopardize the future of our children, but is equally a calculated attempt to vitiate the backbone of the zone which is anchored on education”
“There is no gainsaying that Ndigbo over the years have been treated unfairly under the quota system, whereby our young people under arbitrary standards have to attain higher cut off marks for university admission.
In spite of these hurdles, our people are expected to compete in the same job market with the so called educationally disadvantaged. This development ironically reinforces our consistent call over the years for restructuring, to enable the federating units and regions grow at their various pace and strength”
