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Ghana Beats Nigeria, Three Others In 2023 WASSCE Result
Students from Ghana emerged as the top three candidates with the best results in the 2023 May\June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
The exam was conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for all the final year secondary school students in its five -member countries, namely: Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Liberia, and Nigeria.
A total of 2,327,342 students participated in the exam with Nigeria alone presenting 1,613,733 which was over 70 per cent of the entire candidates.
Interestingly, all three Ghanaian students with best results are boys and two of them are from the same school, St James Seminary Senior High School (SHS).
They are Amo-Kodieh Leonard Kofi (1st Prize), Dzandu Selorm(2nd Prize) and Asenso-Gyambibi Daniel (3rd Prize).
The trio were unveiled at the just concluded 72nd Annual General Meeting of the council held in Freetown, Sierra Leone and they were all rewarded with WAEC International Excellence Award for their outstanding efforts in the sub-regional exam.
Similarly, the Augustus Bandele Oyediran Award for the the best candidate in the exam went to the overall best, Ganaian’s Amo-Kodieh Leonard Kofi while two candidates from Sierra Leone, Mammah Raymonda and Bangura Joshua went home with the National Distinction award, 1st and 2nd respectively, and another student, Fillie Sahr Edward, won the National Merit Award, all at the event.
The head of public affairs of WAEC International, Mr Demianus Ojijeogu, made this disclosure in a statement made available to newsmen in Nigeria, on Sunday.
He disclosed that WAEC had now elected Prof Thomas Brima Rick.
Yormah, the former Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Fourah Bay College and former Pro Vice-Chancellor of University of Sierra Leone as the 21st Chairman of the organisation at the forum, succeeding Prof Ato Essuman from Ghana.
According to Ojijeogu, President of Sierra Leone, Retired Brigadier Julius Maada Bio, who was represented by the Vice President, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh declared the meeting open and commended WAEC for its high-ranking status in global examining bodies.
He promised his government’s continuous commitment to cooperate and collaborate with the organisation in any areas of mutual benefit.
Ojijeogu said the annual council meeting is on a rational basis among the five-member countries.
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BREAKING: Human Rights Lawyer Dele Farotimi Released
By Gloria Ikibah
Prominent human rights lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi, has been released after fulfilling his bail conditions.
Farotimi, who had been in custody over allegations of defaming Senior Advocate of Nigeria and founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Afe Babalola, regained his freedom on Tuesday morning.
He is currently enroute to his home in Lagos.
Confirming the development, activist and politician Omoyele Sowore stated on X, “I am pleased to report that Dele Farotimi is no longer being held in the prison facilities of Ekiti State and is now returning home to Lagos. The struggle continues!”
Earlier, a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ado Ekiti granted Farotimi bail, setting conditions that included a N30 million bond, two sureties (one of whom must be a property owner), the submission of his passport, and a restriction on granting media interviews following his release.
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NASC backpedals reverses Atiku’s appointment as DCNA, replaces him with Yero
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
Following the intervention by the National Assembly leadership, the National Assembly Service Commission, NASC, has reversed the appointment of Dr Ibrahim Atiku as Deputy Clerk to the National Assembly, DCNA.
The Commission has replaced Atiku with the permanent secretary [Estate and Works Directorate], Engineer Bashir Yero.
This was consequent upon the outcome of a meeting convened Monday night by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, with Speaker Tajudeen Abbas and their deputies in attendance.
Present also at the meeting were the Chairman of the NASC, Engineer Ahmed Amshi, two commissioners from NASC, and some permanent secretaries in the NASS bureaucracy.
THE CONCLAVE learnt that the high-level meeting took place in the Senate President’s residence.
Reports from the meeting said that the chairman of the NASC and his commissioners could not justify the appointment of Atiku when asked by the speaker how the choice of Atiku was arrived at.
THE CONCLAVE reports that it was at that point that the commission chairman sought the leave of the Senate President and the Speaker to ask that the permanent secretaries present should excuse them since they could not be sitting over a matter in which they had personal interest.
Upon their return to the room, after the leadership had arrived at a resolution one way or another, it was agreed that Engr. Bashir Yero of Estate and Works Directorate be appointed the DCNA, while Engr Sanda Liman of Procurement Directorate, be redeployed in Estate and Works.
The newly promoted Ibrahim Atiku [to the position of permanent secretary], as resolved and directed, should be deployed in Procurement Directorate.
The NASC is expected to formalise and/or activate the decision soonest.
Source: CONCLAVE
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