15 "born again" students surrender certificates to WAEC!
The Great begging game

Exam cheats to WAEC, NECO
'Forgive us our sins'; 'Why we won't

This sounds unbelievable but it is a fact. Several born-
again Christians who sought for restitution from the
management of the West African Examinations
Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations
Council (NECO) are reluctant to return the certificates
they acquired through fraudulent means years
back.Investigations by Education Review revealed that
after receiving letters from those seeking for
restitution following their new found faith, the
managements of WAEC and NECO wrote back, asking
them to return the certificates they acquired
fraudulently but none has so far complied with the
directive.
The two examination bodies noted with indignation
that every year, their offices were usually bombarded
with letters from candidates who now claim to be
born-again Christians, asking them for forgiveness for
not abiding with bodies code of conduct.
Sources close to the two exam bodies confirmed that
the letters are usually unsolicited for, stating that they
normally contain the particulars of the person seeking
restitution, as well as what happened during the exam
and concluded by asking for 'forgiveness' from the
exam bodies.
It was stated that WAEC and NECO receive over 40 of
such letters monthly just as they are referred to the
appropriate departments for ratification. It was
gathered that on receipt of such letters, the councils
would write the culprits appreciating their sincerity in
acknowledging their "sins" and urge them to return the
certificates. But the sour point, according to senior
officials of WAEC and NECO, is that almost all of them
would not comply or pick their calls again as only a
few are bold enough to return the certificates,
thereafter, seeking for forgiveness for cheating during
examinations.
"Every month, we receive about 20 letters from our
former candidates. And, you know, this is not the only
place they submit such letters. So, if we add all the
letters from our various offices, we will have over 35
correspondences per month.
And we immediately request such persons to send
back the certificates for cancellation. Very many of
such born-again Christians after our letters do not
respond nor pick our calls. Only few genuinely return
their certificates", the WAEC source noted.
The Registrar and Chief Executive of NECO, Prof
Promise Okpala, stated that the dilemma faced by the
council when the culprits write the council seeking for
contrition is their refusal to return the certificates and
nor picking of calls by those that include their phone
numbers in the particulars they submitted to the
examination body. Prof Okpala, who views the action
of the former candidates in seeking for penitence after
years of writing as a welcome development, noted that
the body ought not to be blamed for the fraud. He
said, "during the exam, our personnel cannot be
everywhere. Even when they are bold enough to write
us and we demand for the return of our certificates,
most of them don't return the certificates.
Do they expect the council to just write and tell them
that their crime is forgiven without returning the
certificates? Of course, this is not possible. Since they
confessed cheating during examination, they must
equally return the certificates for cancellation". The
Registrar of WAEC, Dr. Iyi Uwadiae, said that some
candidates who at one point or the other had sat for
WASC have come to the office to confess their sin
during exams. According to him, "I may not correctly
tell you the figures but the fact remains that we have
so many cases of born-again Christians that have
returned certificates due to what most of them admit
as examination malpractice. At our meetings, National
Examination Council (NEC) which we hold twice a
year, we always report to the committee the number
of such candidates who returned their certificates.
"Some have graduated but because they have become
born-again, they come forward to submit their
certificates. But there are some of them we will ask to
return the certificates; some will not come forward
again when they receive such information from us. We
normally cancel such certificates''.
Both Okpala and Uwadiae, declined comments on
what would happen to those that used the NECO and
WAEC certificates to acquire additional certificates
(degrees) from higher institutions nor did they explain
what would happen to others that wrote requesting for
restitution but refuse to return their certificates when
the exam bodies demanded for them. General Overseer
of Faith Revival Apostolic Church (FRAC), Idimu,
Lagos, Apostle Paul Adenuga, acknowledged that
born-again Christians did the right thing as
recommended by the Bible in seeking for restitution
from exam bodies.
He described the development as a positive sign of
true repentance and called on other candidates who
cheated during examinations to emulate the attitude
of such people to confess and even return their
certificates.
On those who wrote letters asking for restitution but
failed to return the certificates on demand, Apostle
Adenuga said such persons are scared of the
consequences that might follow their action.
According to him, " To the best of my knowledge,
those candidates who have confessed but are yet to
return their certificates are afraid of what will happen
to their jobs, other degrees and status they acquired
using the WAEC or NECO certificates, their position in
the society and reactions from colleagues or church
members".
A Senior Pastor at Christ Revival Mission, Isolo,
Lagos, Pastor Sanya Olumuyiwa, commended the
born-again Christians for having the courage to seek
for restitution from WAEC and NECO after several
years they wrote the exam, stressing that the Bibile is
clear about sinners asking for forgiveness.
Pastor* Olumuyiwa even urged the two exam bodies
to give such persons reward for coming forward to
confess and agreeing to return the certificates they
acquired illegally some years back. But he came hard
on those who chickened out when asked to return the
certificates, even as he warned that the process of
restitution which they initiated is not complete until
they return the document.
He advised those that have used the certificates to
acquire additional certificates to write the tertiary
institutions and seek for full repentance. He noted that
God will not forgive them if the chain is not complete
noting, that the society should embrace such persons
rather than chastise them.
The Proprietor of Best International College, Ibadan,
Chief M. L. Odetola, said the return of certificates by
those who acquired them illegally is acceptable in the
Bible even as he insisted that a lot needs to be done
to ensure WAEC and NECO conduct hitch-free
examinations and those found to have cheated be
sanctioned based on the rules and regulations.
Source:WWW.sunnewsonline.com
Poser: What happens if the holy spirit captures all our
politicians and they suddenly become born again?!

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Na after dey don use d certificate gain admsn, graduate, get job cum dey write waec. Mtchew