Activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has demanded the abolition of several prominent government institutions, citing inefficiency and mismanagement of public resources.
Among the agencies he targeted are the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), and the National Economic and Labour Fund (NELFUND).
Sowore who stated this in a statement on Facebook account, labeled them as wasteful bureaucracies that no longer serve their intended purpose.
His statement follows JAMB’s recent public admission of major technical failures during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), which left thousands of candidates across the country frustrated.
JAMB’s Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, acknowledged the flaws during a press briefing in Abuja, admitting that technical issues disrupted the examination in 157 centers across Lagos, Anambra, Imo, Abia, Ebonyi, and Enugu states—affecting over 379,000 candidates out of the 1.9 million who registered for the exam.
“What should have been a time of celebration turned into disappointment for many students due to technical problems,” Oloyede stated.
Sowore, reacting to the development, described the situation as yet another example of systemic failure in Nigeria’s public sector. He argued that agencies like JAMB have outlived their usefulness, adding that their existence now contributes more to public frustration than to national development.
He further criticized the NYSC, TETFUND, and NELFUND for what he described as their limited impact on improving educational and economic outcomes in the country.
According to Sowore, the time has come to dismantle inefficient structures and adopt a more effective and people-centered approach to governance and public service delivery.