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Peter Arotiba wins Best 2018 WAEC Award

 

An 18-year-old from Kogi State, Peter Arotiba, has been awarded the
National Distinction and Merit Award by the West Africa Examination
Council (WAEC) for emerging overall best student in the 2018
examinations.
Arotiba, who is currently studying Medicine and Surgery at the
University of Ibadan, graduated from the Nigeria Air Force Secondary
School, Ikeja, Lagos State.
He was recognised alongside two others at the opening of the 57th
Annual Meeting of the Nigeria National Committee (NNC) of WAEC, in
Abuja last Thursday.
Arotiba had obtained distinction in all the eight subjects offered in
the 2018 West African Secondary School Certificate Examination
(WASSCE). Speaking with journalists after the awards presentation,
Arotiba said that achieving success was a function of so many factors,
the chief of which was God’s grace and hard work.
“A lot of heroes, who have participated in building me up to whom I am
today, instilled the spirit of excellence in me – my parents, my
teachers and, personal hard work.”
He said the sacrifice made to achieve the feat was high level of
discipline adding that he does not play around during holidays.
Meanwhile, Head of National Office, WAEC, Olu Adenipekun, said the NNC
was set up as the highest policy making organ of the council which
ensured that policies were formulated in the best interest of the
council.
Also, Hajia Binta Abdulkadir, Chairman, NNC, said that the council had
improved on its service delivery by taking advantage of the ICT to
improve the service, including the online registration of candidates
for WASSCE for school and private candidates.
Abdulkadir said that the development had enabled the country to handle
its migration from paper to electronic enrollment for its
examinations.
She added that the council had also perfected its electronic portal
system, an online portal which provides an avenue for the verification
of results.
She noted that the council would also be recognising the three best
schools in the WASSCE, who would be subsequently presented with the
WAEC endowment fund whose prize is worth 5,000 dollars.
“The council, over the years, has greatly improved on its service
delivery to its numerous stakeholders. The Nigeria National Office, in
particular, has taken advantage of Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) to improve its service delivery.
“These, among others, include the online registration of candidates
for both the West African Senior School Certificate Examination
(WASSCE) for school candidates and private candidates.”
Similarly, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),
Muhammad Bello, pledged the support of the ministry to the council for
the advancement of education in the country.
Miss Oluwabukunmi Adeagbo, who is currently studying Medicine at the
University of Debrecen, Hungary came second while Prince Abiamamela
Obi-Obuoha, now studying Mechatronic Engineering at the Afe Babalola
University, came third.
WAEC also named the three overall best schools from the Federal
Capital Territory (FCT) in the 2019 WASSCE to include Loyola Jesuit
College, Louisville Girls’ Secondary School and Stella Maris College,
Abuja.

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