WAEC appoints new head for Nigeria

03 Oct WAEC appoints new head for Nigeria

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has appointed Amos Dangut as the Head of the Nigeria National Office, succeeding Patrick Areghan who served since 2020.

Until his appointment, Mr Dangut was the Deputy Registrar/HNO’s Office of the council.

According to a statement signed by Moyosola Adesina, the acting head of Public Affairs at WAEC. Mr Dangut joined the services of the examination council in 1998 as an Assistant Registrar (AR) II.

The statement added that he rose through the ranks to become a Deputy Registrar in April 2018 and he won the Nigeria Examinations Committee’s (NEC) commendation for transparent conduct of examination between 2000 and 2006.

Mr Areghan had hinted at his retirement and exit from the examination body in August at the announcement of results of the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates.

Born 2 October 1967 in Mbar District of Bokkos Local Government Area, Plateau State, Mr Dangut, according to the statement attended Government Secondary School, Riyom (1981 to 1983) and Government Science School, Kuru (1983 to 1986), where he obtained his WASC/SC in 1986), both in Plateau State.

Mr Dangut proceeded to the University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State, where he bagged the award of Bachelor of Agriculture in Animal Production in 1991.

He also proceeded to undertake some studies leading to the awards of Master’s of Science in Animal Science in April 1994 from the prestigious University of Ibadan; Doctor of Philosophy (Animal Science, 2017), from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi.

He bagged a Master’s of Education (Administration and Planning) in 2020 from the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).

At WAEC, Mr Dangut served in different capacities from the Assistant Registrar to Deputy Registrar in different departments across the council’s zonal offices.

For the past 25 years, he has leveraged Information and Communications Technology to innovatively improve processes in Test Development, Test Administration and Post Test Activities.

Mr Dangut has also presented numerous keynotes and other papers at international and national conferences/fora and is an active member of the Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (STAN) and the Nigeria Institute of Management (NIM).