The Branch Controller of the West Africa Examination Council in charge of Ogun State, Ayobami Suberu, has refuted claims that the Ogun State Government owes the examination body.
Suberu dismissed online media reports suggesting that the results of some public school students in the state were withheld due to indebtedness as malicious.
Addressing journalists in Ogun on Tuesday, Suberu clarified that the state government is not indebted to the Council, labeling the reports as mischievous and unbalanced.
He explained that the results of the affected students are pending due to a technical issue that is being addressed for a prompt resolution.
Suberu assured that ongoing communication between the branch and the Head of the Test Administration Division of the Council is underway, and promised that the results would be released by the close of work on Tuesday.
“Let me say categorically that Ogun State is not owing the West African Examination Council a dime. A senior official from the Ogun State Ministry of Education had earlier called me regarding the report, and I clarified that nothing of the sort happened; the report of indebtedness is not balanced and is mischievous,” he said.
“How can a reporter just go ahead and put up a story without getting the side of WAEC? That is not ethical. The truth of the matter is that those results were not released due to a technical hitch, and we are relentlessly working on it for it to be released on Tuesday.
“We have activated communication with the Head of the Test Administration Division, and we are getting positive responses regarding the issue.”