The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has rejected JAMB’s decision to reschedule exams for candidates affected by result errors in the South-East and Lagos.
JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, admitted the errors and said candidates from 157 centres would retake their exams from May 16, 2025.
However, the Youth Council’s President, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, called the move unfair, saying it punishes students for a mistake that wasn’t theirs.
“We want to state unequivocally that our people will not accept any fresh examination, having already been subjected to mental torture by JAMB.
“Besides, who is going to bear the cost? The same parents who are facing severe financial challenges?
“What of the risk of moving to the examination locations, in a country ravaged by insecurity?” Okwu queried.
He declared that, “having said this, we demand that JAMB should allocate 300 score to all the South-East candidates affected by its own error not that of the candidates. Igbos are very brilliant people and could have made 300 and above.
“It was a deliberate design to punish the people of the South-East, clearly to deny them education opportunities.
“Should JAMB fail to heed to our request, we shall not hesitate to drag them to court; no form of crocodile tears by the Registrar will save the Board.”
