No fewer than 402,000 candidates in the 19 states may not get their
result, owing the over N4billion debt owed WAEC by the states in
Nigeria.
The implications are that the admission of the candidates to the
universities, polytechnics and colleges of education would be affected
if the council holds onto the results.
Investigations revealed that most of the candidates wrote the 2015
Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint
Admissions and Matriculation (JAMB) as ‘awaiting result candidates’
A senior staff at the Yaba Head office of WAEC revealed that close to
402,000 candidates who wrote the May/June 2015 West African Senior
School Certificate examination (WASSCE) may not get their result
released in less than two weeks from now.
The Head of National Office (HNO) of WAEC, Mr. Charle Eguridu on Monday,
July 27 warned that if the 19 state governments failed to pay the over
N4billion, the results of their candidates would be withheld.
Sunday
Sun learnt that one of the affected has paid the registration fees of
their candidates less that 72 hours after the council threatened not to
release the results of the school examination of their candidates.
The management of WAEC again kept sealed lips on the names of the 18
states owing the council nor were they ready to disclose the only state
that paid recently.
The HNO on Thursday
insisted the situation has not changed as the debt owed the council by
the affected states and that he has not received any invitation from
House of Representatives which at one of its sitting promised to look
into the case.
On the statement credited to Zamfara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz
Yari on WAEC to clarify whether the non payment of examination fees
include both public and private schools, Mr. Eguridu told our
Correspondent that the N4billion debt owed the council by the states is
for only public candidates the states sponsored.
The decision by the management of WAEC to withhold the results of some
candidates on account of debt for the registration fees for May/June
2015 WASSCE has caused anxiety among candidates and their parents.
The worry by candidates and parents stem from the fact that if WAEC
carry’s it threat to withhold the school examination results, it would
affect their admission chances because many are expected to use the
results for the on going admissions exercise into tertiary institutions.
Investigations revealed that the main reason for the N4billion debt by
19 states is as a result of recent financial difficulties experienced by
the affected states that couldn’t even pay the salaries of their
workers for months.
Speculations are rift that two states, one in the South West and South
East that were badly affected by the financial crunch are on the WAEC
debtors list.
Last week the management of WAEC revealed that 19 states owed the
council over N4billion for the registration fees of their sponsored
candidates for the May/June 2015 WASSCE and gave the affected two weeks
to settle the debt or the results of their candidates would be withheld.
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