Head of WAEC national office in Nigeria retires

The immediate past Head of the West African Examinations Council’s National Office in Nigeria, Dr. Charles Eguridu, has attributed his achievements in active service to the commitments of his staffers.
Eguridu said this on the sideline of the retirement thanksgiving reception held in his honour on Sunday in Lagos.
According to him, the co-operation of the staff, both senior and junior, made his tenure worthwhile and scandal free.
He said: “I was able to do what I did in the council because I stood on the shoulders of my predecessors.
“I came, I saw and I survived.
“I will not say I conquer because it is an on-going war against the ills of our society.
“The fact that I survived from the pressure of that office and retired without breaking down or losing my life is with the mercy of God and cooperation of staff.
“That I did not find myself in any form of scandal such as examination leakage or corruption or even misappropriation of fund is as a result of my ability to pull my staff together and bring out the best from them.”
Egurido advised his successor to define his marks and remain focused in order to achieve the same feat or surpass it.
“As a leader, you must be able to define your mark, know what you want to achieve, set goals for yourself and move on,” Egurido said.
He recalled that his greatest challenge, while in office, was his attempt to bring in sanity into the management of the council by stamping out “kick-backs” and other corrupt tendencies.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Eguridu joined WAEC on November 1, 1985 as an Assistant Registrar 3.
He was appointed the Head of National Office in 2012 and retired in November 2015.
NAN.