18-Year-Old “Samuel Nder” Emerges Best Candidate In WAEC 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,
Governor 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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