Vice President Osinbajo Lauds WAEC At 70

Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo has commended the West African Examination Council, WAEC, for its prompt response to the difficulties some students encountered with the National Identification Number (NIN), which enabled the affected candidates to sit for the exams.

Osinbajo was speaking when he received a delegation of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) in town for the Council’s 70th Annual Meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He told the delegation that beyond core regulatory roles, government agencies must always show that they are responsible to the people that they serve and that they hold them in high esteem.

Osinbajo praised the examinations body for responding to the challenges with the NIMC portal at the time and allowing affected candidates to sit for the exams.

The vice president also spoke on WAEC’s digital certification, pointing out that its records would never be lost.

He congratulated WAEC on its achievement since it was established about 70 years ago.

While highlighting the important role of the Council in the nation’s educational development, Osinbajo said many Nigerians have benefitted from the WAEC certification over the years.

In her remark, the leader of the Nigerian members of WAEC, who is also the Director, Basic & Secondary Education, Federal Ministry of Education, Binta Abdulkadir, expressed gratitude to the Federal Government of Nigeria for the opportunity to host the 70th Annual Council Meeting, as well as the support to the Council over the years.

She added that the Council is the highest decision-making body of WAEC with membership drawn from the five-member countries – Nigeria, the Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Ghana.

According to her, the Annual Council Meeting provides a forum for the examination body to deliberate on qualitative and educational assessment, encouragement of academic and moral excellence, promotion of human resource development and enhancement of international cooperation among the five-member countries.