WAEC Arrests Supervisors In Lagos, Kano, Bayelsa, others Over Malpractice

WAEC Arrests Supervisors In Lagos, Kano, Bayelsa, others Over Malpractice

The Head of Nigeria National Office of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) Patrick Areghan has disclosed that about 10 supervisors have been arrested by the police for alleged involvement in examination malpractices in the ongoing Senior Secondary Certificate Examination across the country.

He also disclosed that more than 1.6 million candidates registered to sit for the examination that was commenced on 16 May 2022 in over 22,000 Secondary schools across the country.

Areghan who disclosed this during supervision of the examination in four centres on Thursday in Abuja said their arrest was made in Lagos, Kano, Bayelsa and Kaduna States, stating that the Council is working in collaboration with security agencies to ensure that those involved in examination malpractice are apprehended and punished in accordance with the provisions of the law.

“Our major problem lies with the supervisors as only a few of them are reliable and it’s unfortunate. These are the supervisors that were nominated by the various states’ ministry of education and we employed them. We don’t have the power to nominate any supervisor on our own, we only made use of credible teachers supplied to us by the ministries,” he said