WAEC appoints Nigeria’s Amos Dangut as Registrar and CEO for five-year term

Louis College, Jos.

He subsequently held assorted positions during WAEC, including Assistant Registrar, Senior Assistant Registrar, Deputy Registrar and Deputy Registrar/Controller across the Council’s headquarters and branch offices.

Dangut became Manager of the Nigerian Countrywide Office on October 2, 2023, a perspective he held before his appointment as Registrar on October 1, 2026.

Computerized examination reforms

As Leader of the Nigerian Nationwide Office, Dangut oversaw countless initiatives aimed at improving examination delivery, security, integrity and efficiency, according to WAEC.

These included the rollout of Computer-Based WASSCE, serialisation of matter papers and the introduction of a Electronic Electronic Marking Framework.

He too oversaw the Simulated Certificate Portal, WAEC E-Investigation Platform, Electronic Records Archive, as well as systems for examination logistics, timetable management and monitoring examiners’ attendance.

Dangut’s academic reason

Dangut holds a Bachelor of Agriculture in Animal Production, a Master of Science in Animal Science, a Doctor of Philosophy in Animal Science and a Master of Education in Administration and Planning.

He has moreover served on the governing boards of the Nigerian Learning Investigation and Development Council (NERDC), Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB) and Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

He represented WAEC in education policy forums, including the Joint Helpful Committee on Education and the Countrywide Council on Education.

The allege said Dangut has published in worldwide and countrywide journals and participated in multiple countrywide and worldwide conferences and forums.

He at the moment serves as the Territorial Representative of the West African sub-region on the Executive Board of the Alliance for Instructional Assessment in Africa (AEAA).

Dangut is a Fellow of the Science Teachers Category of Nigeria (STAN) and a person of the Nigerian Institute of Administration (NIM).

Education reforms gather pace

Dangut assumes the WAEC instruction role as Nigeria’s education sector enters a period of broader reforms, notably in simple education.

Nairametrics reported in September that the Universal Simple Education Commission (UBEC) is collection to initiate entire implementation of its 10-Year Universal Simple Education Roadmap, covering 2026 to 2035, from the opening week of October.
The roadmap is accompanied by a fresh electronic platform, the Simple Education Measure Scheme Administration Platform (BEAPMS), which is designed to perfect the planning, monitoring and transparency of fundamental education projects across the country.
The Federal Ministry of Education has moreover released a fresh list of ranked and approved textbooks for apply in Nigerian schools from 2026 to 2028, alongside special QR tracking codes introduced to improve monitoring and accountability regarding descriptive materials.

These developments come as education costs persist a consideration for households. Nairametrics reported that education services inflation rose to 10.72% year-on-year in August 2026, up from 7.51% in July.

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has appointed the Director of its Nigerian Nationwide Office, Dr Amos Dangut, as its fresh Registrar and Leader Executive Officer (CEO).

This was disclosed by Mr Damianus Ojijeogu, Director of Community Affairs at the WAEC Headquarters in Accra, Ghana, in a statement issued on Friday and made equipped to the WAEC Statewide Office in Yaba, Lagos.

The appointment took consequence on October 1, 2026, for a five-year term ending in September 2031.

Dangut succeeds Alhaji Pateh Bah of The Gambia as Registrar of the nearby examination body.