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The Nigeria Data Protection Commission has launched an investigation into the technical problems that have spoiled the Unified Tertiary Registration Exam of 2025, UTME.
The head of the media at the NDPC, iunu Dosekun, said that the probe aims to determine whether the personal data of the candidates have been compromised and to evaluate whether the joint and registration committee or any of its service partners has violated the laws on data protection.
In a declaration on Tuesday, Dosekun said that the alleged violation raised serious concerns about the adequacy of technical and organizational guarantees in some exam centers.
“The Commission has launched a large -scale survey on the alleged violation that involves the joint committee for admissions and registrations,” he said.
Dosekun revealed that 20 suspicions related to the accident have already been arrested and are currently in custody, observing that the violation seems to be part of a wider wave of IT attacks on public digital infrastructures.
“Over 100 infamous hackers have been connected to coordinated attempts aim at national examination bodies such as Jamb,” he revealed.
He added that the Commission would conduct a complete audit of Jamb’s data processing activities, focusing in particular on how third -party service providers manage sensitive personal data.
Meanwhile, Jamb has moved away from misleading messages sent to the candidates through a falsified version of his official short code 66019.
The Councilor for Public Communication of the Council, dr. Fabian Benjamin, in a declaration on Wednesday, clarified that the messages – which indicate to some candidates to reprint the exams for a resit – are fake and destined to cause confusion.
He explained that many of the recipients had already sat for the resit and received their results, adding that no further exams are currently planned.
“The only examination that the Board of Directors is planning, which has yet to be planned, is the foreign Utme to be held in nine countries in Europe, the Middle East and parts of Africa,” he said.
He added that an examination of purposes will also be held for the candidates who have lost the main exams and resit but have been granted exemptions due to biometric check failures.
Benjamin urged the public to ignore fraudulent messages, ensuring that all qualified candidates for the MOP-UP exam will be officially notified once the agreements are aimed.
