The West AfricanExaminations Council, WAEC has advised people in possession of its certificatesto guard them well, saying it will not re-issue on account of misplacement,fire, flood or theft. The Council’s Head ofNational Office, Olu Adenipekun who gave the advice in Lagos said it wasnecessary as lots of people have been approaching the council at various timesfor a re-issue of the lost certificates. The WAEC chiefexplained that after all such processes had been satisfactorily concluded then,the council would consider the issuance of “Attestation Certificate”. According toAdenipekun, in an effort to reduce the incidence of certificates loss andprotection, the council in Nigeria, four years ago introduced what it calledcertificate cover. He explained that one of the ways candidates or persons get their certificates destroyed was majorly in an attempt to laminate them.