A final audit of the results for the 379,775 candidates who sat for the rescheduled 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) is currently underway, ahead of the public release scheduled for Thursday.
The audit is being carried out by a team comprising officials from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), civil society organizations, academics, and other independent observers.
A source familiar with the process, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to a lack of authorization, disclosed this development to our correspondent following the press briefing that announced the completion of the resit exercise.
JAMB spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, had earlier stated on Monday that the resit results would be released by Wednesday. However, further findings revealed that an auditing process was still ongoing, which caused the delay in releasing the results.
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Meanwhile, on Wednesday, JAMB announced a new round of mop-up examinations to accommodate the over 5.6 percent of candidates who missed the recently concluded 2025 UTME.
JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, explained that the mop-up exercise would cater to all affected candidates, regardless of the reason for their absence.
This time, we are creating a new mop-up. Even those who missed the earlier exam due to absence will get another opportunity. It’s not extraordinary. In any serious system, when students miss an exam, they’re allowed to make up, provided there’s no abuse, he said.
Oloyede stressed that the UTME is designed as a placement examination and should not be seen as a reflection of a candidate’s intelligence or academic potential.
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Its purpose is to rank candidates for limited admission slots, not to test how smart someone is, he clarified.
In response to mounting criticism and conspiracy theories surrounding the examination process, Oloyede firmly denied allegations of ethnic bias or administrative inefficiency.
I take responsibility, not because I failed, but because that’s leadership. I didn’t even realise people viewed issues around me through ethnic lenses. We must rise above such profiling, he stated.
He commended both the candidates and the staff for their perseverance in the face of logistical challenges.
We had limited space. We knew if we wasted more time grieving the challenges, students would lose their opportunity, he said.
The special mop-up exam will be scheduled shortly, and JAMB has reaffirmed its commitment to transparency and fairness in the admissions process.
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