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Oloyede admits to errors in UTME exams, apologises to Nigerians

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Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Wednesday betrayed emotion and broke into tears as he apologised the errors in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

Mr Oloyede, during a news conference in Bwari, took responsibility for the errors in the just concluded examinations.

“I apologise for the trauma caused the candidates and I take full responsibility for this,” he said.

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He admitted that errors were made during the 2025 UTME after the investigations that was carried out.

Recall that out of 1.9 million candidates who sat the UTME, over 1.5 million reportedly scored below 200 out of the maximum 400 marks.

This suggested that over 75 per cent of all candidates scored below 200.

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