A student of Nigerian Air Force Secondary School, Ikeja, Lagos, Master Peter Seunara Arotiba, has been honoured with the West African Examination Council’s International Excellence Awards for his outstanding performance in the 2018 May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination .
Arotiba with examination number 4251112045, had a total score of 657.8256 to beat the second and third prize winners to the first prize.The Spokesman of WAEC, Mr Demian Ojijeogu, in a statement issued yesterday, said that the three winners emerged from a total of 1,976,537 candidates, who sat for 2018 WASSCE in The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
The ceremony also featured the election of the country’s Chief Government Nominee on Council, Dr. Alhaji Mohamed Kamara, as Vice-Chairman for a one-year tenure. He succeeds Mr. Ebrima Sisawo of The Gambia.