WAEC Elevates DANGUT from Head of Nigeria Office to Registrar/CEO

Nigerian scholar, AMOS JOSIAH DANGUT, has assumed office as the fourteenth Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the West African Examinations Council, WAEC.

DANGUT moved up the rank from his previous position as Head of the Nigeria National Office of WAEC, which he held from October 2023 until September 2026.

The Head of Public Affairs at WAEC Headquarters in Accra, Ghana, DEMIANUS OJIJEOGU, announced the appointment of DANGUT by the Council in a statement.

OJIJEGU noted that DANGUT succeeds PATEH BAH of The Gambia, and will serve for a period of five years, from October 2026 to September 2031.

He said his appointment was ratified by WAEC’s international governing board at its Seventy-Fourth Annual Meeting held in Accra, Ghana, in March 2026.

DANGUT was born on October 2, 1967, and he holds a Bachelor of Agriculture in Animal Production; Master of Science in Animal Science; Master of Education in Administration and Planning; and Doctor of Philosophy in Animal Science.

He is a Fellow of the Science Teachers Association of Nigeria, STAN, and member of the Nigeria Institute of Management, NIM.