The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) branch, has threatened to take legal action against the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) over the high failure rate in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Speaking to journalists in Nsukka on Wednesday, ASUU-UNN Chairman, Comrade Oyibo Eze, alleged that the mass failure—predominantly affecting candidates from the South East—was a deliberate move by JAMB to deny students from the region access to tertiary education.
“My office has been flooded with calls, protests, and visits from concerned parents and members of the public over this orchestrated failure. If JAMB does not review the results and award candidates their deserved scores, ASUU will seek redress in court,” Eze stated.
He noted that students from the South East are often held to higher standards during admissions, while others are admitted into top courses like Medicine with significantly lower scores.
“In the recently released results, over 1.5 million out of 1.9 million candidates scored below 200. Most of those affected are from the South East and Lagos, where many Igbos reside,” he added.
Eze also condemned the blanket penalization of entire exam centres due to suspected malpractice by a few, citing that no student at University Secondary School, Nsukka, scored up to 200.
He urged South East governors to act swiftly against what he described as an attack on the academic future of the region’s youth.
