WAEC suspends meeting, NYSC closes camp
By Halogen (Lagos) & Swagzy | Published Date Mar 20, 2020 13:10 PM
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has suspended its 68th Annual Council Meeting scheduled to hold in Monrovia, Liberia from March 23 to 27, 2020 over fear of Covid-19.
The Registrar of the Council, Mr. Pateh Bah disclosed this in his goodwill message on the occasion of the 68th WAEC Day Celebration.
Also, the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim said yesterday that orientation camp exercise was suspended as a precautionary measure to avoid the spread of Covid-19.
The NYSC had on March 12, performed the swearing-in ceremony for the 2020 Batch A, Stream 1 corps members.
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The NYSC boss said although the scheme had put in place precautionary measures earlier, there was still need to suspend the camp activities to ensure that no case was recorded.
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