The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has passed a vote of no confidence in the Head of the National Office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Dr. Amos Dangut, demanding the immediate sack of the management of the examination body.
This resolution was reached at the recently concluded 87th NANS National Senate Sitting/Congress held at Yobe State University, Damaturu, Yobe State.
The decision, NANS explained, stemmed from what it described as systemic failures under the WAEC boss, including the mass failure in the recently released 2025 WAEC English Language results, which many students wrote under questionable conditions. The exam, according to the students, was conducted late into the night, with further allegations of gross mismanagement, serialization problems, and malpractice allegedly aided by some WAEC staff.
Earlier, the NANS leadership had called for a retake of the English Language paper to restore fairness and credibility. However, WAEC’s refusal and its “adamant stance” on the matter, they said, worsened students’ frustrations across the country.
Speaking after the Senate sitting, the Director of Administration and Planning, NANS National Headquarters, Comrade Oladimeji Uthman, condemned the outcome. He said the association considered the mass failure “a deliberate attempt to jeopardise the future of Nigerian students.”
According to him, the “intentional approach of WAEC releasing different percentages of results within 48 hours of official results is totally uncalled for and an act of gross misconduct on the part of WAEC as an institution.”
“In light of these irregularities and WAEC’s insensitivity, we are declaring a nationwide protest to press home our demands for the removal of the WAEC boss through the Federal Ministry of Education. Nigerian students deserve transparency, fairness, and a credible assessment of their academic performance,” Uthman declared.
NANS reaffirmed its resolve to defend the interests of Nigerian students, warning it would not back down “until the needful is done.”
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