Strike: Exams will hold as scheduled, WAEC tells candidates

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has announced that it volition not enactment successful the nationwide onslaught declared by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), insisting that the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) volition proceed arsenic planned.

WAEC announcement comes aft the NLC and TUC initiated an indefinite onslaught connected Monday aft a failed gathering with the enactment of the National Assembly connected Sunday evening successful Abuja.

The unions had called for the onslaught owed to the unresolved contented of the existent minimum wage, which they reason is insufficient to conscionable the needs of Nigerian workers.

The NLC and TUC person argued that the existent minimum wage of ₦30,000 is insufficient for the mean Nigerian worker’s well-being.

They besides pointed retired that not each authorities governors are adhering to the wage award, which expired successful April 2024, 5 years aft the Minimum Wage Act of 2019 was signed by erstwhile President Muhammadu Buhari.

The unions are besides calling for a reappraisal of the Act to align with modern economical demands

However, WAEC’s Head of National Office and Branch Controller, T.A.Y. Lawson, successful a connection released connected Monday, announced the exam body’s committedness to continuing the exams contempt the concern action.

“The attraction of the absorption has been drawn to a announcement of the commencement of the indefinite onslaught by NLC and TUC effectual from Monday, 3rd June 2024,” Lawson stated.

“Please beryllium formally informed that the behaviour of WASSCE SC 2024 goes connected arsenic scheduled.”

He added that arsenic overmuch arsenic it shared the interest of the unions and the generality of Nigerians, the exams would spell connected crossed the subordinate countries of WAEC and the Nigerian kid should not beryllium enactment astatine a disadvantage of missing the exams.

“For the aforesaid reason, WAEC volition behaviour the exams and schoolhouse principals, supervisors, parents and the wide nationalist should delight instrumentality enactment and marque capable arrangements for their children to beryllium for the exam,”

The subjects scheduled for Monday see Physics 3 (Practical) (Alternative B), Computer Studies 3 (Practical), Insurance 2 (Essay), and Insurance 1 (Objective).