A group, Not Too Young To Perform (NTYTP), has demanded the resignation of the minister of education, Tunji Alausa, over his comments on the mass failure of students who sat for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) exams.

Mr Alausa had stated in an interview that the rate of failure in the 2025 UTME demonstrates that the government’s anti-malpractice policies are working.

The minister’s comments came amid concerns over JAMB’s announcement of results showing that roughly 420,000 of the 1,955,069 candidates who sat for the 2025 UTME scored above 200—indicating that more than 78 per cent failed to clear the cut-off mark requirement.

In a statement, Bello Muhammed, the national secretary of the group, condemned the statement of the minister, describing it as a display of insensitivity and incompetence.

“NTYTP demands the immediate resignation or dismissal of Dr. Tunji Alausa as minister of education, citing gross incompetence, failure to protect the interests of Nigerian students, and breach of public trust.

“Nigeria deserves leaders who are willing to confront hard truths and implement genuine reforms, not those who prioritize political point-scoring over the future of the nation’s youth,” the statement read.

The group wondered why President Bola Tinubu’s administration would be politicising every national issue, describing the action as shameless and pathetic.

According to the statement, for Mr Alausa to downplay the catastrophic failure rate recorded in the recent JAMB examinations and paint it as an achievement is nothing short of a national disgrace.

“Instead of taking urgent, proactive steps to address the systemic decay in our educational sector, the minister has chosen to defend failure and celebrate collapse,” it added.

The group, however, called on Mr Tinubu to urgently shift focus from hollow rhetoric to meaningful action, invest in the rebuilding of Nigeria’s educational institutions, and restore faith in a system that has long been abandoned.