A student of Nigerian Air Force Secondary School, Ikeja, Lagos, Master Peter Seunara Arotiba, has been honoured with the West African Examination Council’s (WAEC) International Excellence Awards for his outstanding performance in the 2018 May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

Arotiba received the honour alongside Miss Wilhermina Opoku and Miss Brago Sarpong Afrifa, who came second and third respectively. The second and third prize winners are Ghanaians.

Arotiba with examination number 4251112045, had a total score of 657.8256 to beat the second and third prize winners to the first prize.

The Augustus Bandele Oyediran Best Candidate in West Africa Award was also presented to Arotiba.

The Spokesman of WAEC, Mr Demian Ojijeogu, in a statement issued yesterday, said that the three winners emerged from a total of 1,976,537 candidates, who sat for 2018 WASSCE (School Candidate) in The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.

They were specially honoured at the opening ceremony of the 67th Annual Meeting of WAEC, held in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

The ceremony also featured the election of the country’s Chief Government Nominee on Council, Dr. Alhaji Mohamed Kamara, as Vice-Chairman for a one-year tenure. He succeeds Mr. Ebrima Sisawo of The Gambia.

It also featured the conferment of Distinguished Friend of Council on an eminent Sierra Leonean, Mr. A. J. Lasite, a formerItem-Writer, Chief Examiner, Supervisor, Invigilator and Member of Council, for his outstanding contribution to the success of the work of WAEC.

The Council appealed to international donor agencies, corporate organisations and philanthropic private individuals to collaborate with WAEC by instituting other awards to encourage more students in the sub-region to strive for academic excellence.

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This one na Ghanaian name

Las las him go turn lecturer

nice one

Good job

Amuocha:
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learn to read comprehensively

Very commendable.....but oga op nawa for you oo....dis ur pix wey u use shey na computer dem dey use write waec nii??

Arotiba is an ekiti name.

Amuocha:
This one na Ghanaian name

Seun Ara Arotiba is Yoruba.

Arotiba is an ekiti name

Amuocha:
This one na Ghanaian name

na Yoruba name. It means God did wonders in my life

Yoruba , projecting the name of the country where ipob piglets are spoiling our name.

Afonja Amaka

Abegyyyyyyy, no be by awarding best graduate all the time, what are the best graduate's contributed innovatively, in Nigeria society.

YORUBAS CONQUERING WEST AFRICA WITHOUT CHEST BEATING, THATS A YORUBA NAME JUST INCASE YOU WANT TO START ARGUING WITH YOUR DESTINY.........LAGOS BORN DELTAN.

Congratulations..

Amuocha:
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The English translation of your name says a lot about you

congrat to them

Cardinal John Onaikan brought the same glory to Nigeria in 1962 and the Northern Premier Ahmadu Bello drove out with some of his ministers to Alliade in Benue Province ( now Benue State) to celebrate and honour John Onaikan in his school.

nice
A Nigerian

Lovely

APC will soon put this in their list of achievement in office

Amuocha:
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oluwaseunara

Yoruba blooded not igbo


If nah Igbo now, u go hear Singapore behead a biafran not Nigerian for drug smuggling

felabode76:
Arotiba is an ekiti name.

Nigerian

Timekeeper:
Yoruba blooded not igbo


If nah Igbo now, u go hear Singapore behead a biafran not Nigerian for drug smuggling

Please stop all this, it is unnecessary