Night Exam: ‘You Have Failed, Lack Competence’ — Lawmaker Blasts WAEC
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Speaking passionately on the floor of the House, Abiante expressed outrage over reports that students in his constituency were forced to write exams as late as midnight due to logistical failures on the part of WAEC.
“There is no house in my village that has electricity,” the lawmaker lamented. “Students had to write exams up to 12 a.m., 1 a.m., and they are calling me from the village. Your logistics failed. You left question papers in commercial tricycles—Keke—and they were being used to carry passengers from Rumuokuta to Rumuola. You have failed!”
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He questioned the capacity of government agencies to deliver on basic responsibilities, drawing comparisons to recent technical issues experienced by INEC and JAMB.
“I don’t know why a country of over 100 million Nigerians cannot have competent hands to handle simple things. It’s either nike revolution 7 glitch from INEC, glitch from JAMB, and now they’ll call this one another glitch from WAEC. That is nonsense ir jordan 4 tour yellow 200!” he declared.
Abiante further slammed the proposed shift to compulsory Computer-Based Tests (CBT), pointing out the dire lack of computer facilities in public schools across the country.
“You’re proposing CBT under these same conditions? How many schools have computers for their students? How many?” he queried.
Calling for accountability, the lawmaker demanded that officials responsible for such failures should resign if they cannot meet the demands of their positions. “If you’re not competent, resign and go. If you’re not competent, don’t speak to us,” he warned.
Abiante vowed to confront WAEC directly and demanded answers, promising to be present on Monday should the examination body make itself available for questioning.
“I will speak to him. If it is Monday that you agree, I will be here and I will speak to him. I had my exams and it was not like this. It has never been this bad,” he concluded.
OSUN DEFENDER reports that candidates writing the ongoing WAEC exams were seen using torchlights and other means to sit for their English Language paper late into the night. Due to severe delays caused by logistical lapses, the examination reportedly continued until 12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m., leaving nike dunk high cargo khaki white many students struggling under harsh and unsafe conditions.
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