WAEC Appoints Dangut As New Head Of Nigeria Office

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has appointed Dr. Amos Josiah Dangut as its new Head of the Nigeria National Office (HNO).

Dr. Dangut succeeds Patrick Ehidiamen Areghan, who it said completed an innovative revolution in the West African examination body with digital certificates ‘WAEC Verify’ and a platform for research.

In a statement signed and released by Acting Head Public Affairs, WAEC, Moyosola Adesina, the new head of national office is to pilot the affairs of the regional examination body for the next two years and consolidate on the gains of the previous administration led by Areghan.

Dr. Dangut is an astute scholar with various educational publications in international and national journals having joined WAEC in 1998 as an Assistant Registrar (AR) II and rose through the ranks to become a Deputy Registrar in April 2018.

Until his appointment as the Head of the Nigeria National Office, Dangut was the Deputy Registrar/HNO’s Office.

Dr. Amos Josiah Dangut was born on October 2, 1967, in Mbar District of Bokkos Local Government Area, Plateau State. He had his first degree in Animal Production in 1991 at the University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State. Having bagged a Bachelor’s Degree, as a man whose thirst for learning can never be quenched, he proceeded further to undertake some studies leading to the awards of Master 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 and finally, Master of Education (Administration and Planning) in 2020 from the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).