What Buhari said after receiving his WAEC certificate

President Muhammedu Buhari has Commended the West African Examination Council, WAEC, for upholding it’s integrity.



Buhari, Friday received his school attestation and  confirmation of his 1961 West African School Certificate (WASC) examination result at the State House, Abuja.


The documents were presented to the President by delegates of WAEC led by it’s Registrar, Dr Iyi Uwadiae, alongside Olutise Adenipekun, Head, National Office, WAEC, Abiodun Aduloju, Head Public Affairs, WAEC and Olufemi Oke, Zonal Coordinator, WAEC Abuja.

Showing his appreciation to the Council, the President said it would have been impossible for him to have attended the Defence Service College, Indian in 1973 and thereafter, United State Army War college as a Nigerian Military officer, if he didn’t seat for the WAEC Exams.

“My colleagues and I who spent close to nine years in boarding school both in primary and secondary, including Gen. Musa Yar’Adua, when we intended to join the military we had to take a military examination.

“We were examined in three subjects, English, Mathematics and General Knowledge because English is the language for general instruction throughout the country because of our colonial heritage.


”Mathematics in the military was necessary, coupled with Geography. We were trained how to be dropped off in the bush, given only a pair of compass and since we were not astronomers, you have to learn to find your way, calculate, using the Pythagoras Theorem and others to work out your position,” he said.