The Registrar welcomes distinguished Council Members from The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Liberia to the series of international committee meetings of Council which will be held from Monday, 4th to Wednesday, 6th July 2011 at the Excellence Hotel & Conference Centre, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.

I feel greatly honoured and pleased to welcome you on behalf of Council to this Opening Ceremony of the 59th Annual Council Meeting.  I am particularly delighted by the rare privilege of welcoming His Excellency, Prof. John Evans Atta Mills, President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Ghana, who is our Special Guest of Honour and on whose behalf the Chairman of the Council of State, Prof. Kofi Awoonor, will declare open the 59th Annual Meeting of the West African Examinations Council.

It is my singular honour and privilege to welcome you all to this occasion of the Formal Opening of the 59th Annual Meeting of Council - the Governing Board of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). I convey to this august gathering warm greetings from the Management and Staff of WAEC in The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.

The 59th Annual Meeting of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has ended in Accra, Ghana with the election of Ghana’s Chief Government Nominee on Council, Ms. Benedicta N. Biney, as Vice-Chairman for a one-year tenure. She succeeds Hon. (Dr.) Mator F.  Kpangbai of Liberia.

The meeting, which was held from Tuesday, March 15 to Friday, March 18, 2011, was formally declared open by His Excellency, Prof. John Evans Atta Mills, President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Ghana, who was represented by the Chairman of the Council of State, Prof. Kofi Awoonor.