Against the backdrop of the withholding of the results of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) of some indebted states, Kogi State governor, Idris Wada, has approved the reimbursement of N276,769,400 to eligible candidates that sat for the 2014-2015 examinations in the state.
A statement from the Secretary of the WAEC Fees Refund Committee, Ibrahim Odoma, said a total of 24,172 candidates were certified eligible to benefit from the funds.
He said a seven-man committee headed by Hajiya Maryam Ladi Ibrahim, had earlier screened the list of WAEC candidates from across public schools in the state with the view to ascertaining eligible beneficiaries.
Odoma added that each beneficiary would be refunded the sum of N11,450 which was the amount their parents/wards spent for their registration.
Governor Wada had earlier promised to reimburse parents who paid for the 2014-2015 WAEC fees for their children and wards following the suspension of fees payment by government in order to avoid being manipulated by unscrupulous government officials.
(This Day)
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