Reps apologise to Nigerians over UTME Glitch
The House of Representatives has apologised to Nigerians, especially parents and candidates of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), over the avoidable glitch that affected more than 300,000 participants.
The Chairman, House Committee on Basic Education and Examination Bodies, Rep. Oboku Oforji, expressed the apologies, on behalf of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday.
The Newsmen reports that the UTME had been marred by a technical error, thus affecting a total of 379,997 candidates from Lagos and South-East zone.
Oforji, who expressed regret the glitch, sympathised with Nigerians, urging them to forgive the JAMB leadership over what he called human error.
“The committee in the House of Representatives responsible for overseeing examination bodies, including JAMB, expresses its deep sympathy for the candidates affected by the errors experienced during the examination.
“We sincerely apologise on behalf of the examination body (JAMB) to all Nigerians,” he said.
Oforji saluted the courage and sincerity of the JAMB
Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, for accepting the fault on behalf of his team and apologising to the parents, candidates and the country in general.
The lawmaker, however, affirmed that the human errors were avoidable ‘because it was out of negligence by JAMB.
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