Head of Nigeria National Office (HNO), Mr. Olu Adenipekun, who disclosed this to journalists at WAEC’s Yaba office in Lagos, said out of the 1,590,173 candidates that sat for the examination, 1, 020, 519 candidates obtained credits and above in minimum of five subjects, including English and Mathematics.
However, Adenipekun disclosed that results of 180,205 candidates, representing 11.33% of the total number of candidates, were being withheld in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice, which were being investigated, assuring that the outcome would be presented to the appropriate committee of the Council for deliberations.
Details of the results are already available online and candidates who have fulfilled their financial obligations to the Council were free to check the details of their performance on the website: www.waecdirect.org