Niger State government State said on Monday it is owning two major examination bodies in the country – the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) and the National Examination Council (NECO) – N664 million.
The state Commissioner of Education, Hajiya Fatima Magudu, said the debt was inherited by the government from previous administrations in the state.
Investigations revealed that students in the state public schools have not been able to access their WEAC results due to debts owed to the examination body.
Students and parents have besieged the WAEC office in Minna, demanding reasons why the results were not accessed and they were directed to the state Ministry of Education for explanations.
However, the commissioner said N5million had been given to WAEC to offset this year’s bill to enable the students access their results.
