Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar has condemned the irregularities faced by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) in the ongoing senior secondary examination (WASSCE) demanding a resit to be scheduled.
In a statement on his social Media page on Thursday, Atiku frowned at the Wednesday incident when student sat for their exams untill late into the night.
He described the situation as a damning indictment of Nigeria’s systemic failure to uphold the most basic standards in public education calling for all papers that were involved to be retaken at the affected centres.
Atiku also decryed that such situation had to occur just a day after the world marked International Children’s Day noting that it only deepens the shame.
“This incident must awaken our national conscience. It must compel immediate and sustained investment in critical social infrastructure, with education as the foremost priority — not in rhetoric but in tangible action.
“I therefore demand, unequivocally, that the affected examination paper be retaken in all compromised centres. Anything less would be a grave injustice to the students whose futures hang in the balance.
“Examination preparedness is a shared responsibility between students and the examination authorities. In this case, it is glaringly evident that the latter have failed spectacularly in their duty. It would be utterly unjust to allow students to suffer the consequences of such gross institutional negligence.
“Going forward, it is imperative that relevant authorities establish and enforce minimum environmental and infrastructural standards for all high-stakes national examinations. We must never allow such a shameful scenario to repeat itself — not under our watch,” he stated.
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