The candidates' weakness in handling the comprehension questions can be illustrated from their answers to Question 6(a). The question is as follows' "Why was Mr. Cissey in a hurry to get to his office?" The accepted answer is: "Mr. Cissey was in a hurry to get to his office because he wanted to be there before his staff'. OR" to show an example of  punctuality" OR "he wanted to dismiss those of his staff who would come late to work". All these ideas are in the passage.
Instead of giving these simple answers, many candidates quoted the passage verbatim: "Mr Cissey was in a hurry to get to his office not only· to serve as a role model' but also to show that he really meant what he had  said." Certainly this answer is wrong. In the first place, it does not  include the important element of punctuality on which the “idea as a role. model" is predicated. Secondly, it does not explain how Mr. Cissey would show that he really "meant what he had said," that is, sacking who would come late.

A similar weakness is found in answers to Question 7(a). The question is" "Why would the writer like to leave his country?" The acceptable answer is: "The writer would like to leave his country because his country is  going through (is experiencing) political instability and economic hardship." Very many candidates answered this question by lifting the direct words of the passage indiscriminately. " ... because of our political: instability and economic hardship." In the passage "our" refers to the writer; on the examination script it refers to the candidates. This answer has distorted the sense of the passage and is, therefore, unacceptable.
Candidates should make serious efforts to understand the content of set passages instead of resorting to mindless lifting.