The West Africa Examinations Council, WAEC has threatened to withhold
the results of students in 19 states that sat for the May/June 2015
WASSCE over nonpayment of candidates’ registration fees by their state
governments.
Different state Governments had pledged to pay the WAEC fees of their
state residents as part of their education policy but have so far failed
to do so.
The Head of National Office WAEC, Mr Charles Eguridu
made the threat at a press conference today July 27th. He said the
state governments are indebted to WAEC to the tune of N4 billion.
“The affected states should off-set the registration fees of their
candidates as soon as possible, as we cannot guarantee that the results
of their candidates for the May/June 2015 WASSCE will be released
alongside others. Many of the states of the federation, as part of their
education policy, pay the registration fees of candidates for the
WASSCE, particularly in the public schools.
This is quite commendable as it afforded many indigent students the
opportunity to sit for our examinations and relieved many poor parents
of this financial burden. As I speak to you now, we are cash-strapped
as a result of the delay in off-setting the registration fees owed the
Council by some states. As a result, we are finding it difficult in
meeting our financial obligations, particularly to our supervisors,
examiners and service providers. We have written to the affected states
governments without any response. The poor response is threatening the
smooth operations of the Council.”he said
