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Posted By MrCover On May 29th, 2025

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has slammed authorities, saying students sitting for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination in appallingly dark and unfit conditions across the country is “nothing short of a “national disgrace.”

He expressed dismay at the occurrence barely a day after the world marked International Children’s Day.

According to a statement on his official Facebook handle, Atiku said:

“This is not merely an unfortunate incident — it is a damning indictment of our systemic failure to uphold the most basic standards in public education. It is unacceptable, unjustifiable, and utterly indefensible that in 2025, our children are forced to write critical national exams in pitch darkness like second-class citizens.”

The former Vice President added that this incidence should not be swept under the carpet, and should be given the attention it deserves.

“This incident must awaken our national conscience. It must compel immediate and sustained investment in critical social infrastructure, with education as the foremost priority — not in rhetoric but in tangible action.”

“I therefore demand, unequivocally, that the affected examination paper be retaken in all compromised centres. Anything less would be a grave injustice to the students whose futures hang in the balance, he added.

He condemned the the examination body for what he called a glaring failure.

“In this case, it is glaringly evident that the latter have failed spectacularly in their duty. It would be utterly unjust to allow students to suffer the consequences of such gross institutional negligence.”

Atiku Abubakar advised against a repeat of the unfortunate incidence to prevent another incident of national failure.

Source: https://dailypost.ng/2025/05/29/its-national-disgrace-atiku-blames-waec-for-poor-examination-conditions/