BY DAYO ADESULU
Authorities of the West African Examinations Council, WAEC said that candidates who have either lost, burnt or damaged their WASSCE certificates can now get a replacement through the launch of the WAEC digital retrieval medium.
WAEC Head of National Office, Nigeria, Mr Patrick Areghan disclosed on Monday in Lagos during a press briefing on the Council’s 70th annual council meeting slated for March 14 to 18, 2022.
Areghan, said WAEC is about to launch a digital avenue of retrieving lost original certificates issued to its candidates.
The HNO explained that the result retrieval would be made seamless for anyone who misplaced, have their certificates mutilated or had old results missing in any form.
He affirmed that the transformation of the examination body from analogue to digital platform has made its activities and resulted in processing easier online.
Speaking on the WAEC 70th Annual Council Meeting, Areghan said the Council meeting which will hold at the Congress Hall, Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, will witness the presence of the President Muhammadu Buhari declaring the ceremony open.
This is just as Professor Ngozi Azuka Osarenren, an eminent scholar from the Educational Foundation Department at the University of Lagos, UNILAG will deliver the lecture.
