A university lecturer has called for the immediate resignation of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, following widespread technical issues that resulted in mass failures in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

Dr. Christian Okeke, a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, stated that Oloyede's public display of emotion was insufficient and that he should step down to allow the federal government to reposition the examination body.

"He should go extra step by resigning from office and allowing the federal government to reposition the Board for effective service delivery," Okeke said, describing the recent examination as "one of the most traumatic examination outings for teenage applicants in history."

The call comes after JAMB officially acknowledged errors in the 2025 UTME results, which saw over 1.5 million candidates scoring below 200 marks. The admission body has announced plans for candidates to rewrite the examination at 65 centers in Lagos and 92 centers across the five states in the South East.

According to reports, approximately 379,997 candidates were affected by the technical glitches, with 173,387 scheduled to rewrite the examination.

Okeke criticized JAMB's initial response to the situation, saying: "It is on record that the Board initially denied any wrongdoing and would not have taken any step to look into its incapacity if not for the sustained pressure and threat of litigation."

The university don further described the plan for candidates to rewrite the examination as "utterly insensitive to human emotions," suggesting instead that releasing the true results of candidates would be a more appropriate remedy.

Prof. Oloyede had earlier broken down in tears during a press briefing where he apologized and took responsibility for the examination issues. However, Okeke questioned the effectiveness of this gesture, asking: "How can the Registrar's tears resurrect the dead and accentuate the depression into which candidates have been plunged?"

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has also reportedly threatened legal action against JAMB over the examination failures, indicating growing pressure from various stakeholders in Nigeria's education sector.