The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has admitted that the exams conducted late at night in some parts of the country did not meet standards.
Head of the national office of WAEC, Amos Dangut, admitted the poor standard when he appeared before the House of Representatives.
NATIONAL POST recalls that outrage had trailed the conduct of English Language examination in the night by WAEC.
Many students were seen using torchlight to write the examination under the cover of darkness.
Fielding questions from the House Committee, Dangut said the disruptions were due to logistical challenges arising from the need to print new exam questions after the original ones were leaked.
Billy Osawaru, a member of the committee, asked Dangut whether the exams were credible.
“Are you defining those exams as credible? Yes or no?” the lawmaker asked.
In response, Dangut said the exams were credible.
“It was a credible exam,” he said.
Osawaru, apparently dissatisfied with the response, pressed further.
“Can the exams conducted using phone flashlights as the only light source be truly considered credible? Can you show me, from your regulations, that exams written under those conditions are credible," he asked.
After continued questioning, Dangut finally said the exams were “substandard”.
Meanwhile, a Lagos-based lawyer and human rights activist, Evans Ufeli, has sued WAEC and the Minister of Education, seeking redress for what he described as the gross violation of the fundamental rights of Nigerian students during the conduct of the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE.
He is seeking one billion damages from WAEC over the alleged poor conduct of the examination.
The rights lawyer, in a suit filed on behalf of affected students, is asking the court to declare the conduct of the May 2025 English Language examination as unlawful, inhumane, and constitutionally defective.
Ufeli alleged that the examination body and the Ministry of Education subjected students to degrading and traumatic conditions, including writing papers in darkness and unsafe environments, in some cases as late as 8pm.
No date has been fixed for the hearing of the suit.
Apart from Ufeli, many parents had earlier called for the cancellation of the examination.