BREAKING: WAEC To Withhold Students’ Results In 19 States. See Why

The West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) has threatened to withhold results of candidates in 19 states that sat for the May/June 2015 WASSCE over non-payment of candidates’ registration fees by their state governments.

Speaking at the WAEC national office, Yaba, today 27th of July, the Head of National Office (HNO) Mr Charles Eguridu said: “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.”

According to the WAEC HNO, a total of 19 states are indebted to the tune of N4 billion and were not making efforts to pay adding that efforts made by the Councils to get the money from them proved abortive, hence WAEC has resolved to making it public. He further noted that some States also still owe the Councils registration fees for the May/June 2014 WASSCE.

However declining to mention names of the states owing, Eguridu said, he is giving them benefit of the debt, stressing that many of the governors have just assumed office. He however urged the indebted states to pay up within the next two weeks.

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 our examinations and relieved many poor parents of this financial burden,” he said.

But, he went further: “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.”

The WAEC HNO said they had written to affected states governments without any response which is drastically threatening the smooth operations of the examination body.

Workers of the West African Examinations Council might boycott the release of results to students who sat for the May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination as they revealed on Monday that they were being owed a total of N4bn.

The WAEC Head of National Office, Lagos, Mr. Charles Eguridu, speaking at a press briefing in Lagos, explained that no fewer than 19 states of the federation owe the council about N4bn examination registration fees. He, however, failed to make public the affected states.