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Samuel Nder Is WAEC Best Candidate With 9 Distinctions

Eighteen-year-old former student of Vaatia College
Makurdi, Benue State, Master Samuel Nder was on
Thursday, November 26, honoured as the best
candidate in the May/June West African Senior
Certificate Examination (WASSCE) taken by over
1.7million candidates nationwide.
At a colourful award ceremony held in Akure, Ondo
state during the 53rd Annual Meeting of Nigera
National Committee (NNC) of West African
Examinations Council (WAEC), master Nder and two
other candidates were rewarded for their
performance in the May/June 2014 WASSCE.
Aside Nder who obtained 9A1s in the school exam to
emerged the best candidate, 18-year-old, Miss
Onyinye Oguejiofor formerly of Marist Comprehensive
College, Nteje, Anambra state placed second with
9A1s while 17-year-old Master Oluwatobi Raji
formerly of St Francis Catholic Secondary School
Idimu, Lagos, recorded 9A1s in the WASSCE.
In the May/June 2014 WASSCE, with exam number
4081345036 Master Nder recorded A1 in Economic,
Geography, English Language, Further Mathematics,
Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and Physics with
total T-score of 659.4325 while Miss Ogueijiofor’s T-
score was 648.5706 and Master Raji had T-score
640.2125.
Currently, the best candidate is studying Software
Engineering at Saint Peterburg’s Electro-Technical
University in Russia, Miss Onyinye is studying
Medicine and Surgery at the University of Nigeria,
Nsukka and Master Raji is studying Petroleum
Engineering at the University of Lagos.
Speaking at the award ceremony, Governot of Ondo
State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, said as a demonstration
of the state’s avowed commitment to nation building
through the apparatus of educational development.
His words: ‘’we have always welcomed with passion any
educational programme that the state is privileged to
host. Our passion is always borne out of the
convictions that, no nation can ever rise above the
quality of her education. This is because education is
the vital organ and the very pivot around which all
national life resolves.’’
Mimiko who was represented by the Deputy Governor,
Alhaji Abdul-Azeez Oluboyo, commended WAEC for its
unrelenting efforts in conducting standard
examinations and producing credible results over the
years.
The governor congratulated the three best schools in
the state that were honoured by the council for their
candidates performance in the May/June 2014
WASSCE and appreciated WAEC for it investment in
the future of the children.
The chairman of WAEC NNC, Mrs. Anne Okonkwo said
the awards are aimed at encouraging the youth to
strive for excellence in their academic pursuits noting
‘’it is my hope that some of the youth who are here
today to witness this ceremony, will be challenged by
these Awards to work harder in order to win similar
laurels in future.’’
She also disclosed that NNC would present books to the
three best schools in the May/June 2014 WASSCE from
Ondo State stressing that it was in accordance with
the decision of the Nigeria Sub-Board of the WAEC
Endowment Fund Board of Trustees at its 4th meeting
held in November, 2012.
Mrs Okonkwo use the opportunity laud the federal
and other state governments for their support to the
council over the years even as she thanked Governor
Mimko for his investment in education and the
performance of schools in the state in WASSCE.
The Head of National Office (HNO), Mr. Charles
Eguridu, disclosed that the NNC ensures that the
policies of the council in Nigeria are decided in the
best public interest, and appropriate decisions are
taken at all times, for the smooth conduct of the
WAEC’s operations.
Eguridu appreciated the support and understanding
which the state government has continued to give to
the council in its efforts to improve service delivery to
numerous stakeholders in the state and Nigeria as a
whole.
At the event, 40 WAEC staff were given long service
award for their 20 years meritoriously service in
various capacities while Governor Mimiko described
the awardees as worthy ambassadors of the council
and wished them more years of productive service to
the council and the nation at large.

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