UTME 2025: Peter Obi blasts JAMB amid reports candidates allegedly wrote exam at 6:30 am

Peter Obi Calls Out JAMB Over 6:30am Exams; JAMB Replies

I came across multiple reports of students being asked to attend a public examination by 6:30 AM, teenagers, mostly around 15-17 years old, forced to travel in the dark, even in the face of insecurity, across dangerous and unfamiliar locations, because they want to get the basic right of education and sit for JAMB examinations. Setting exams for vulnerable teenagers as early as 6:00 AM while transporting them across far-flung locations is reckle…

Peter Obi Criticizes JAMB Over ‘Reckless’ UTME Scheduling

Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has slammed the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for what he described as “reckless” scheduling practices during the ongoing 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). In a statement issued on Sunday, Obi expressed concern that teenagers, some as young as 15, were being forced to arrive at […] The post Peter Obi Criticizes JAMB Over ‘Reckless’ UTME Scheduling appear…

'Who Takes Responsibility When A 15-Year-Old Disappears?' Obi Questions UTME Scheduling - TheNigeriaLawyer

Peter Obi has criticised the scheduling of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), saying the early start times are endangering the lives of young students. The 2025 UTME started on Thursday, April 24, 2025, and will end on Monday, May 5, 2025. In a strongly worded statement on Sunday, the former presidential candidate expressed concern over reports that teenagers, many aged between 15 and 17, were being required to arrive at…

Peter Obi Faults JAMB’s Exam Schedule, Seeks Education Overhaul

…Says Nigeria Needs 2,000 Universities Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party and former Anambra State Governor, has expressed concern over the schedule of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). In a post on X platform Sunday, Obi highlighted the risks faced by candidates, mostly teenagers, who are forced to travel early in the morning to take the exa…

UTME 2025: Peter Obi blasts JAMB amid reports candidates allegedly wrote exam at 6:30 am

As Nigerian youths write the UTME 2025, presidential hopeful Peter Obi has reacted amid viral reports that candidates allegedly wrote JAMB at 6:30 am.