Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said that Nigeria must not allow technical failure in public institution systems become a national crisis.
Obi’s statement is coming, following a recent setback that affected results of 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination’s candidates.
learnt that no fewer than 379,997 candidates across Lagos State and the South-Eastern part of the country had issues with their results.
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Reacting to the development, Registrar for Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Ishaq Oloyede, on Wednesday, 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”.
The development, generated discourse around the UTME, with Nigerians weighing in on social media.
Meanwhile, Obi in his reaction, via a statement on Thursday, said that JAMB Registrar, Oloyede’s honesty and remorse are commendable.
He also raised concerns about the reliability of Nigeria’s public institutions, adding that the incident exposes the fragility of systems meant to serve the public.
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Obi said: “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.
“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 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.”
