Some Nigerians have reacted to a video of Ishaq Oloyede, the registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), breaking down in tears as he apologised to candidates affected by technical errors in the 2025 unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME).
In a trending video, the registrar, visibly in tears, took responsibility for the errors and apologised for the trauma caused to affected candidates.
Many Nigerians on X reacted to the development –some welcomed the apology, while others called for the registrar’s resignation.
Below are some reactions from X:
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Shame on him. Few days ago he was boasting of his “anti-cheating technology” 😂 and accusing the affected candidates of underperformance, today He’s crying and confessing.
He should resign with immediate effect.
Advertisement— Cardinal (@CardinalStation) May 14, 2025
The JAMB Registrar broke down in tears while apologising to Nigerians. One would have expected a resignation too—after all, a young life has already been lost over this.
Going forward, we must scrutinise anyone who wears this cap before entrusting them with public responsibility. https://t.co/cOUIr2iZe3— Maazi Ezeoke (Onyenjenje) (@MaaziEzeoke) May 14, 2025
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I think his apology would have been more profound and commendable had he reacted proactively – proposing the resit- before releasing the results rather than this reactive reaction!
— Anthony Olawoye (@AnthonyOlawoye) May 14, 2025
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He doesn’t understand the position he currently occupied and caused pains in many Nigerian families that wrote the exams. He should be sack immediately for gross negligence.
— Mr Joe (@JoeFemi2) May 14, 2025
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It takes extreme guts to admit to errors like this. There will be serious consequences for this man and his team. But it has to be said he has done the right thing to begin to remedy the situation
Advertisement— Stephen (@StephenomohX) May 14, 2025
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While I strongly blame the institutions for this kind of negligence, alot of student’s time would have been wasted of not for public scrutiny. I must commend the Registrar’s boldness to admit to error. Our system and institutions needs healing
— Reubenitez (@reuben_ndakara) May 14, 2025
While I strongly blame the institutions for this kind of negligence, alot of student’s time would have been wasted of not for public scrutiny. I must commend the Registrar’s boldness to admit to error. Our system and institutions needs healing
— Reubenitez (@reuben_ndakara) May 14, 2025
He should be headed to jail.
— Kay Mandla (@KayMandla) May 14, 2025
He should be headed to jail.
— Kay Mandla (@KayMandla) May 14, 2025
A youngster committed suicide allegedly over the released JAMB result. Several others are traumatised. This is CBT, for goodness sake, so where did the error come from. Poor leadership and lack of process is the problem of Nigeria and Africa. Let us see the punishment for this.
— Olusoula (@soulakrest100) May 14, 2025
A youngster committed suicide allegedly over the released JAMB result. Several others are traumatised. This is CBT, for goodness sake, so where did the error come from. Poor leadership and lack of process is the problem of Nigeria and Africa. Let us see the punishment for this.
— Olusoula (@soulakrest100) May 14, 2025
It’s seems they have cast a clapping 👏 spell on Nigerian, expecially the elderly ones.
You rig the election………they clap
Bad governance……….they clap
Speaking gibberish…..they clap
Someone kpai……….they clap
Someone cries………they clap
Etc hahaha kilode pic.twitter.com/tUrBBGlpRT— Deola chinyere Josh ❣️ (@Joshadeola1) May 14, 2025
It’s seems they have cast a clapping 👏 spell on Nigerian, expecially the elderly ones.
You rig the election………they clap
Bad governance……….they clap
Speaking gibberish…..they clap
Someone kpai……….they clap
Someone cries………they clap
Etc hahaha kilode pic.twitter.com/tUrBBGlpRT— Deola chinyere Josh ❣️ (@Joshadeola1) May 14, 2025
