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Aisha Yesufu and Kate Henshaw have criticised JAMB over the mass failure in the 2025 UTME, following a technical glitch that affected thousands of students and reportedly led to a candidate’s suicide.
Public figures, including Aisha Yesufu and Kate Henshaw, have reacted strongly to recent developments involving the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Their reactions follow widespread reports of mass failure in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
JAMB had earlier acknowledged that a technical glitch affected 157 out of the 887 centres used for the 2025 UTME. According to the board, the system failure was a key factor behind the poor performance of thousands of candidates who wrote the exam in those centres.
Social media erupted with criticism following the announcement. Activist Aisha Yesufu took to her official X page, stating that the Minister of Education would have been sacked immediately if Nigeria had a president. ,
“That man came to say it was the measures they put in place to stop cheating that led to the mass failure. Wait a minute, or is it that something was actually put in place to fail students massively?”
Veteran actress Kate Henshaw also expressed outrage, saying,
“Paid truants on a payroll will defend this and put out tweets in favour of JAMBHQ, saying they have hacked the cheating code. May you and your children reap 1000-fold and more all the evil you support!”
Meanwhile, tragedy struck amid the controversy. A 19-year-old candidate, Opesusi Faith Timilehin, reportedly took her own life after receiving her UTME result. According to reports, Faith was devastated by her score of 190, which she feared was too low to secure admission into her chosen university course.
The incident has fueled calls for accountability and raised urgent concerns about the impact of exam-related pressure and systemic failures on Nigerian students.
