President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed Nigeria's committment to sustaining high standard of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on the occasion of its 70th anniversary,
Buhari gave the committment in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina,
ahead of the Africa's sub regional examination council 70th annual meeting being hosted in Abuja, the nation's capital city from this Monday, March 14 to 18.
As a proud founding member of the foremost examining board for the people of West Africa, President Buhari affirmed that Nigeria values the shared commitment with other Members of the Council and would continue to engage with other partners to achieve the Council’s mandate of maintaining quality educational standards that prepare the next generation to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
The President in the statement noted with delight that for the last 70 years, the West African examination body has brought the English-speaking West Africans together to encourage academic and moral excellence through a qualitative and reliable educational assessment.
Buhari urged delegates to the 70th council meeting to remember the core values of excellence, integrity, professionalism, accountability and transparency, at the heart of WAEC, and stand firmly by them, as they deliberate, reflect and celebrate the gains of the decades .
The Nigerian leader expressed confidence that just as member-nations have survived a difficult year marked by the COVID-19 pandemic and in some countries, previous years of internal conflict, this cherished education institution would continue to thrive as a world-class examination body.
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