The West African Examination Council, WAEC has referred to an alleged interview on the media granted by its Registrar, Dr. Iyi Uwadiae insulting the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun as totally false.
Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun
The headquarters of West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Accra, Ghana, has denied reports on social media that its Registrar, Dr. Iyi Uwadiae, ever asked the made the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, to come and sit for examination in Mathematics.
The examination body says the information being shared on social media were totally false. It als said the body never granted anyone interview concerning the allegation of corruption levelled against it.
According to WAEC, the Registrar does not reside in Nigeria and at no time did he or anyone from the body granted any interview on the subject.
This was disclosed yesterday in a statement issued by the Head of its Public Affairs Unit, Mr. Abiodun Aduloju, who described the publication as worrisome and embarrassing to WAEC.
Aduloju said: “The publication is worrisome and embarrassing to WAEC, as the Registrar did not make the statement credited to him and could not have responded as purported, to an allegation in which the name of his organisation was not mentioned.
“The Registrar does not reside in Nigeria and has not granted a press interview or engaged in an informal chat with any Nigerian media representative or authorised anyone to speak on his behalf concerning the Hon. Minister’s statement.”
It would be recalled that the minister had, last week, while appearing before the Senate, accused the examination body in the country of drawing about N6 billion from the Federation Account for salaries and capital expenditure and made as much as N16 billion from sales of form, but only declare a surplus of N3 million annually.
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