WAEC denies cancelling 2025 WASSCE

The Ministry of Education has dismissed claims circulating online about the cancellation of the 2025 West African Examinations Council (WAEC) examinations.

 In a press release on Sunday, July 20, the ministry labeled the statement as “false and misleading,” urging the public to disregard it.

A statement had circulated online, presented as an “urgent notice” from the federal ministry of education and purportedly signed by a “Dr. Aisha Lawal”. The statement alleged that the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) had been cancelled nationwide due to widespread examination malpractice, including extensive question leakages occurring up to 72 hours before scheduled papers.

However in a statement released this evening, the education ministry dismissed the report stating that the 2025 WAEC examinations have been “successfully concluded” with only a few isolated incidents of malpractice that were promptly addressed.

It also stated that the ongoing National Examinations Council (NECO) examinations are progressing smoothly, with no reported cases of malpractice as of the time of the release.

“The federal ministry of education has not received any official communication or report from WAEC, NECO, or any examination body regarding widespread malpractice in either of the examinations,” the statement read.

The ministry advised students, parents, school administrators, and the general public to “disregard the fake press release currently in circulation,” describing it as “entirely fabricated, misleading, and inte