Certificate saga: Only Buhari can request for result verification – WAEC

The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has
said that General Muhammadu Buhari can apply to
the examination body for the verification of his
results. It said such verification can only be
forwarded to the institution specified by the
candidate.
WAEC Deputy Director, Public Affairs, Lagos, Mr.
Yusuf Ari in a telephone conversation with
Vanguard Wednesday said, “No individual has the
legal right to approach WAEC for the verification of
another person’s result except the owner of the
result.”
He explained that the constitutional right vested on
the Freedom of Information law does not include
invasion of privacy adding, “The certificate in
question belongs to Muhammadu Buhari and he
alone has the right to apply for verification.
“Be that as it may, WAEC cannot take any action
except, the owner of the certificate asked us to do
so. We are an independent body, therefore, we
cannot be partisan on this issue,” he said.
According to Ari, all the former Head of State needs
to do is to apply by given WAEC the name of his
school, Examination number and year of the
examination and the result will be verified.
However, after verification of the results, it will be
forwarded to the institution and not the owner of
the results.