A civic advocacy group, Not Too Young To Perform (NTYTP), has called for the resignation of Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, following his comments on the mass failure in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Dr. Alausa, in a recent interview, claimed that the poor performance of students in the exam shows the effectiveness of the government’s anti-examination malpractice policies. His remarks came after the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) revealed that only 420,000 out of 1,955,069 candidates scored above 200.
NTYTP’s national secretary, Bello Muhammed, condemned the minister’s remarks, calling them “a display of insensitivity and incompetence.”
“NTYTP demands the immediate resignation or dismissal of Dr. Tunji Alausa as minister of education, citing gross incompetence, failure to protect the interests of Nigerian students, and breach of public trust,” the statement read.
The group urged President Bola Tinubu to prioritize meaningful reforms.