The House of Representatives has urged the federal government to establish at least one computer-based testing (CBT) centre in each of Nigeria’s 774 local government areas for the conduct of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This resolution was reached during Thursday’s plenary session, following the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s (JAMB) admission of technical glitches in the 2025 UTME. Lawmakers stated that the initiative would help prevent similar issues in the future. The House also appealed for calm in light of JAMB’s public acknowledgement of the errors. In a related development, the Senate last month proposed a similar plan, noting that provisions would be included in the 2026 budget to set up CBT centres in all 774 LGAs. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND, Senator Mohammed Dandutse, who monitored the 2025 UTME, highlighted the lack of CBT centres in some areas as a major concern. He said, “In making it easy for candidates seeking admissions into universities or other tertiary institutions through UTME, the ICT centres must be made available in all the 774 local government councils across the country. “I am from Katsina South senatorial district, where only two out of the 11 local government councils have ICT centres for UTME. “Since the examination is computer-based, centres for it need to be made available across the 774 local government councils in the country. In doing this, this committee of the senate, in collaboration with our colleagues in the house of representatives, shall facilitate budgetary provisions for it in the 2026 fiscal year.”