WAEC threatens to withhold May/June results because of states’ debt

The West African Examination Council has announced that hundreds of candidates who sat for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination in May/June this year may have their results withheld.

This was disclosed by the Head of the National Office of the examination body, Mrs. Charles Eguridu, while speaking with journalists on Monday in Lagos.

According to him, not fewer than 19 states in the country owe the council about 4 billion naira examination registration fees.

He however did not mention the names of the states affected.

“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,” Eguridu reveals.

Meanwhile, the council is set to release the May/June WAEC results in two weeks time.

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