The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has appointed Dr. Amos Dangut as its new Head of National Office (HNO).
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The Head of National Office (HNO), Patrick Areghan, gave the hint in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Saturday in Lagos.
The West African Examinations Council has withheld the results of 262,803 candidates who wrote the 2023 school candidate West African Senior School Certificate Examination.
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has denied reports that it perverted the course of justice by allegedly conniving with some politicians.
The Head, National Office (HNO) of council, Patrick Areghan, disclosed this on the sidelines of a monitoring exercise he carried out in some schools in Lagos on Thursday.
Beneficiaries were drawn from Umuevu, Umuaghara and Umuvu villages in Onicha Nwenkwo town and from Obokwu Obizi village also in the local government area.
The council’s Head. National Office (HBO) Patrick Areghan gave the assurance during an interactive session with newsmen on the level of preparations ahead the examination nationwide, on Thursday in Lagos.
This is contrary to reports in some media outlets positing that many schools in the State may not write the years WASSCE.
However, out of the 8,348 candidates that sat for the exam, it has withheld the result of 413 candidates due to varied cases of examination malpractice.
Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh made the announcement at the 71st WAEC day celebration Wednesday at Nise, Awka South Local Government Area of the state.
The Head, National Office, Patrick Areghan, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday.
Patrick Areghan, WAEC’s Head of National Office, dismissed the claims, which he described as misleading, false and the handiwork of mischief makers.
A total of 1,607,981 candidates registered for the examination from 20,222 recognised secondary schools in Nigeria.
Recall that in November last year, WAEC raised the registration fee by 29 percent – a development that sparked serious concern and criticism against the examination body.
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Reacting to the report earlier in the day, Davido took to his social media pages to launch a search for the student.
The State Deputy Governor, Sen. Hassan Nasiha, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau on Thursday.
A particularly striking one was the lamentation of a lady that claimed to have spent two years on 100 Level. According to her, she wasted one year during Covid and now this strike. As of today, these students have spent 104 days out of about 270 days in a session, which include semester breaks. The days are still counting as ASUU has insisted on continuing with the strike with no serious step being taken by the Federal Government to end it.
Arazu, also the Principal of Igwebuike Grammar School, Awka, said that the sit-at-home directives by the proscribed indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) did not disrupt the May/June external examination of secondary schools in the State.
WAEC Deputy Registrar/Zonal Coordinator, Dr Amos Dangut, disclosed this in Ikeja, at a workshop organized for public and private school principals from three Districts Tuesday in Lagos.