Your Excellency, the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone
Members of Parliament
Your Excellencies, Members of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps
Honourable Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education
Chairman of Council
Your Worship, the Mayor of Freetown
Leaders of Delegation and Chief Government Nominees on Council
Members of Council
Former Chairmen of Council
Former Registrars to Council
Former Heads of National Office
Distinguished Friends of Council
Staff of the Council
Students
Media Representatives
Ladies and Gentlemen

My dear colleagues,

I most joyfully welcome you all into 2019. I glorify God Almighty for the abundance of His grace of good health, strength and divine guidance which saw us and our families through the past year. I convey to you hearty felicitations, as I congratulate us all on the successful execution of our mandate in the year 2018.

The 66th Annual Meeting of The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has ended in Banjul, The Gambia with the election of Mr. Baboucarr Bouy of The Gambia as the 19th Chairman of the sub-regional organisation.  His election is for a three-year tenure in line with the Council’s Convention.  He succeeds Dr. D. Evelyn S. Kandakai of Liberia, who was elected in March 2015.

My dear colleagues,

I most heartily welcome you back as we resume work in all our offices across the sub-region. With a heart full of gratitude to the Almighty God for his grace which guided us in the execution of the Council’s mandate and kept our families safe throughout 2017, I pray for His continued blessings, protection and guidance in 2018 and beyond.

Stakeholders in education comprising representatives of Ministries of Education, other Government nominees, Examining Bodies, Universities, Principals of Secondary Schools, Parents, Teachers, Students, Mass Media and the Civil Society from The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone convened in Lagos on 19th and 20th October, 2017 for the first International Summit on Examination Malpractice organised by The West African Examinations Council (WAEC).

ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF EDUCATION, MALLAM ADAMU ADAMU AT THE INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT ON EXAMINATION MALPRACTICE ORGANIZED BY THE WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL (WAEC) ON 19TH OCTOBER, 2017 AT THE ACADEMY INN AND MULTI-PURPOSE HALLS, LAGOS, NIGERIA

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It is a privilege to be here to declare open the West African Examinations Council’s International Summit on the theme, Examination Malpractice: The Contemporary Realities and Antidotes.