JAMB registrar, Oloyede, breaks down in tears, apologises for errors in 2025 UTME

Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, on Wednesday betrayed emotion and broke into tears as he apologised for the errors in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
Mr Oloyede, during a news conference in Bwari, took responsibility of the errors in the just concluded examinations.
He said, “I apologise for the trauma caused the candidates and I take full responsibility for this.’’
He admitted that errors were made during the 2025 UTME after the investigations carried out.
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