Ohanaeze rejects JAMB resit - demands 300 scores for South-East candidates

Following JAMB’s admission that technical glitches distorted scores for some candidates, the Board announced a rescheduled exam.

However, on Thursday, May 15, the President of the Ohanaeze Youth Council, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, strongly reacted and described the move as “totally unacceptable.”

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“Our people will not accept any fresh examination, having already been subjected to mental torture by JAMB,” Okwu said.

He criticised the Board for proposing another round of tests, citing the psychological and financial strain on the affected students and their families.

“The candidates are not in the right frame of mind to undergo another examination… Who is going to bear the cost? The same parents who are facing severe financial challenges?” he asked.

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Okwu insisted that all affected South-East candidates should be awarded a minimum score of 300, arguing that they are academically capable and should not be punished for an institutional failure.

“JAMB should allocate 300 score to all the South-East candidates affected by its own error. Igbos are very brilliant people and could have made 300 and above,” he stated.

The youth leader further alleged that the incident was not accidental, but a calculated attempt to marginalise students from the South-East region.

“It was a deliberate design to punish the people of the South-East, clearly to deny them education opportunities,” he declared.

JAMB has yet to respond to Ohanaeze’s demands.