STATES OWING THEM MILLIONS OF NAIRA ARE AMONG THOSE TO WHOM WAEC WITHHOLDS THE RESULTS OF OVER 130,000 CANDIDATES.

Students from 8 states of the federation who took the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, or WASSCE, had their results withheld by WAEC due to the states’ debts to the Council.

At a news conference on August 7 in Lagos, Mr. Patrick Areghan, the head of the national office, revealed this.

Regarding the results categories, he stated that out of the total number of test takers, 1,476,565 or 91.5%, had their results fully processed and released.

Mr. Areghan observed that 137,168 more candidates, or 8.5% of the total, had some of their courses still being processed as a result of issues with the relevant schools & candidates.

The HNO identified Zamfara & Niger as the highest debtors while emphasizing that the results of candidates supported by states that are in debt to the Council will not be made public until they make payments. But he declines to mention the other states.