Popular Nigerian influencer and media personality, Enioluwa Adeoluwa, has taken to social media to strongly criticize the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) over recent technical failures and the handling of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). In a video now widely circulated on X (formerly Twitter), Enioluwa delivered a powerful monologue, decrying the normalization of dysfunction in the Nigerian educational system.
“I do not like to talk about the issues in our country a lot, because I’ve come to realise that the more you talk about it, the more your brain cannot process it,” Enioluwa began. “Especially in a society where abnormalities have become the new normal.” His emotionally charged speech quickly gained traction online, with many Nigerians echoing his frustration over JAMB’s recent controversies.
He made it clear that while he often refrains from commenting on national problems, education is one sector he cannot remain silent about. “But when it comes to education, I speak up, and I think everybody should as well,” he said. “Because education is the bedrock of every society.” Enioluwa lamented the structure of the UTME, particularly the requirement for candidates—many of them teenagers—to write exams as early as 6:30 a.m.
Highlighting widespread complaints about poor performance and system errors during the 2025 UTME, he questioned the examination body’s justification. “Now, there is a mouse outrage of people saying, hmm, this same examination, we’ve all failed it,” he said. “And the examination body says, it’s because of technical issues.” He emphasized that JAMB has an entire year to prepare for the annual exam and that with an ₦18 billion budget—roughly $11 million—technical issues are inexcusable.
“There is absolutely no software that this examination body needs, that they cannot afford,” he argued. “This examination is a computer-based examination, and it’s unbudgeted. Meaning that you should be able to click the submit button, and your scores will come out immediately.” He added, “It should be able to say that the correct answer for this question is option A, but you clicked option C, and this is why you missed this question.”
In the video, he accused JAMB of negligence and warned of the consequences of their errors. “You’re telling me that if people didn’t make TikTok videos, 1.1 million students would have been out of university this year,” he said passionately. “All of their dreams put on hold because someone somewhere decided not to do their work.” He added that youth idleness resulting from such failures contributes to increasing crime rates in Nigeria. “This is not a technical issue,” he said. “It’s a choice.”
Taking aim at JAMB’s public response, Enioluwa mocked their attempt to pacify the public with emotional displays on television and religious-sounding tweets. “At the end, the organization comes on TV, and it’s crying, and people start clapping behind,” he said. “And then the Twitter handle of this organization comes out and tweets, ‘Man proposes, but God disposes.’ Mmm, come on. An abnormality made normal.”
He also slammed JAMB for rescheduling exams during students’ other compulsory assessments, without adequate consideration. “Now, these students have been asked to come and rewrite this examination. In the middle of another compulsory examination that they are writing,” he said. “Why rush for an examination that expires after one year? For an examination that people have committed suicide because they did not pass?”
In closing, Enioluwa appealed for basic professionalism. “All anyone is asking for is proper care and attention to your work. Your work that determines the life and future of children trying to get into the university,” he concluded. “Go back to the drawing board and properly plan the examination. Dot the i’s and cross the t’s. Ensuring that the systems that you put in place work. I’m not crying on TV. Thank you.”
