The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the results of candidates in the 13 states where government failed to pay registration fees.
Charles Eguridu, head of WAEC national office, announced the seizure of the results on Monday, saying the governments of the respective states – which sponsored candidates – were owing the examination body about N4 billion.
“WAEC is not a charity organisation, we have the mandate to conduct final examinations for secondary schools in Nigeria, and in doing this, it is not the WAEC staffs that develop the papers and mark the scripts,” he had said.
“We rely on teachers who are in the school system, to develop the paper and mark the script, and we do this at a fee, we pay them allowances. These teachers would not take any explanation from you if you don’t pay them. We have to pay huge hotel bills to accommodate supervisors and even our staff who go on field work. The printing of the papers themselves is another big issue, because we rely on security printing, we can’t just print our papers anywhere.”
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But at a press conference on Thursday, Eguridu said the council has decided to honour the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) which assured it that the indebted states will offset their bill.
He directed the affected candidates to check their result on the website of the council.
“Our decision to open this window of opportunity, that is the resort to advance payment guarantees for affected states, was as a result of our appreciation of the prevailing economic challenges facing the nation and in order not to jeopardise the educational progress of the candidates of the affected states,” he said.
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“Consequently, the management of the council has decided that the results of the candidates of indebted states would be released in deference to all the appeals and commitment of the NGF.
“This decision is based on our wish not to impede the educational progress of any Nigerian child.”
About 1.5 million candidates sat for the examination.
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