The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has announced that the examinations earlier slated for Monday, September 4 will hold despite the public holidays.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that the Federal Government had on Tuesday declared September 1 and 4 as public holidays to mark the 2017 Eid-el-Kabir festival.
However, WAEC while answering questions from candidates partaking in the exams on its Facebook page and twitter handle @waecnigeria confirmed that the exams will hold.
NOTICE TO CANDIDATES:The Papers slated for Monday, Sept. 4, 2017 in the WASSCE for Private Candidates,2017 timetable will hold as scheduled.
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— WAEC NIGERIA (@waecnigeria) August 29, 2017
The Director of Public Affairs, WAEC Nigeria, Demianus Ojijeogu also confirmed to newsmen on Wednesday morning that the exams will hold as earlier scheduled. Ojujeogu said: “the paper(s) will hold as scheduled.”
TheNewsGuru.com reports that the confirmation by the examination body put to rest the initial doubts of the likely hood of the exams holding due to the public holidays declared by the Federal Government.