Trouble is brewing at the national office of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) in the Yaba district of Lagos as personnel are protesting alleged nepotism of the Head of the Nigeria National Office (HNO), Dr. Amos Josiah Dangut.
The workers under the aegis of Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) are set for a showdown with the management this morning which, we learnt, has already taken the workers’ union to court, our source who pleaded anonymity for fear of victimisation, said.
TNT news learnt that issues started when the leadership of the workers’ union in the council frowned at suspected nepotism, where the national head Dr. Amos Josiah Dangut, who belongs from Sokoto State, allegedly employs only persons from his state to work in the council.
The man has filled the place (WAEC) with individuals from Sokoto State. “Since he took up the position in 2023, very few applicants from other parts of the country have been hired,” our insider stated.
“Our message as a union is that management should look inside first and fill any vacant positions with qualified existing staff before going outside to recruit people who are often from one particular area of the country,” our source stated.
TNT has been reliably informed that the management has taken the union to court for opposing the alleged nepotism.
The union leadership was quoted to have declared that they are willing to go to any limit the management may push the subject as long as the alleged nepotism is stopped.
The situation is getting hot and we learnt that management has already sought the assistance of the Police and the Department of State Security (DSS) to take over the entrance gates of the council starting this morning.
It was further learnt that management had given an instruction that staff without identity badges should not be permitted inside the office premises as from this morning.
This is why they say some staff slept over in the office yesterday nite.
Our insider added, “most of them (workers) have told their families and friends that if they do not return home today they should know that they are at the police station.”
Management could not be reached as the official phone lines to the establishment were unattainable as at the time of publishing this report.
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