We have not published 2012 May/June WASSCEresults -WAEC

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), on
Thursday, denied rumours that it had published
results of the 2012 May/June West African Senior
School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
The Deputy Director, Public Affairs of the council, Mr
Yusuf Ari, in an interview with the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, described the rumours as
"wicked and misleading."
Ari said the council had received information that
some individuals were trying to deceive the public by
posting fraudulent information on-line concerning
the results.
He said some of the fraudsters even went as far as
urging innocent individuals to buy scratch cards to
access the results.
According to him, "there is absolutely nothing like
that from our council. We are surprised about this
information because we have been receiving calls
concerning the said release of results.
"We have barely finished our examination. We have
just concluded marking the examination scripts in
some states, while waiting on others largely due to
security challenges in the country.
"Going by our tradition, WAEC has never released the
result of this particular examination in July."
Ari stated that there was no way the result of the
examinations that commenced in April across the
country and concluded on May 17, would be released
in July.
"The policy officially is that results must be released
90 days after the last paper is taken and in the
recent past, we had been releasing results of this
examination well ahead of schedule.
"There is no way that the release of results of
examination of this magnitude could be made
without an elaborate news briefing by the head of
national office," Ari stated.
The deputy director said that members of the test
body were currently working hard to ensure that they
meet the target set for the release of the results.
Ari pleaded with candidates and other stakeholders
to shun the deceit and not to allow themselves to be
misguided by such wicked and baseless rumours.