WAEC Threatens To Withhold 19 States Results Over Debts

Hundreds of candidates who sat for the May/June
West African Senior School Certificate Examination
may not have their results released in the next two
weeks, the West African Examinations Council has
announced.

No fewer than 19 states of the federation owe the
council about N4bn examination registration fees.
The WAEC Head of National Office, Lagos, Mr.
Charles Eguridu, announced this on Monday at a
briefing in Lagos.
He, however, failed to make public the affected
states.
Eguridu said, "A total number of 19 states in the
country owe the Council in respect of entry fees
for state government sponsored candidates for the
May/June 2015 WASSCE. Some states also still owe
the Council registration fees for the May/June 2014
WASSCE.
"We have written to the affected state
governments without any response. The poor
response of the debtor states is threatening the
smooth operations of the Council.
"We, therefore, want to publicly plead with the
affected states to 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 will be released along with
others."