Human rights advocate Omoyele Sowore has called for the immediate abolition of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), and Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), labeling them as “extracurricular bureaucratic busybodies.”
Sowore made this statement on Wednesday through his official X handle, following JAMB’s admission that technical errors had disrupted the performance of numerous candidates in the recently concluded 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
“Time to scrap these extracurricular bureaucratic busybodies… JAMB, NYSC, TETFUND, NELFUND—they are all useless,” he wrote.
JAMB had previously acknowledged system failures during the examination, including malfunctioning computers and scoring errors, which led to widespread complaints from candidates and parents nationwide.
Sowore’s remarks echo growing public dissatisfaction with Nigeria’s education and youth development institutions, which have consistently faced criticism for inefficiency, corruption, and an inability to fulfill their mandates.
The examination body later announced that 379,997 candidates from Lagos and the five South-East states would be rescheduled for another UTME session.
JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, speaking at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, admitted that the technical issues had negatively impacted the scores of some candidates. He confirmed that affected candidates would receive notifications about the rescheduled examination.
Visibly emotional, Oloyede apologized and accepted full responsibility for the lapses.