Some parents in Nasarawa State on Tuesday appealed
to WAEC to rescind its threat to withhold the results of students who
sat for the May/June examinations in 19 states for non-payment of
registration fees.
The News Agency of Nigeria, reports that
the council in a press statement on July 27 said that 19 states owed
N4bn registration fees for their students who sat for the May/June 2015
examination.
The council threatened not to release the students’ results over the indebtedness.
However some parents in Keffi Local Government told NAN that it would be wrong if WAEC withheld the students’ results over debts owed by their state governments.
They appealed to WAEC to rescind its decision as
it would affect the students negatively considering the importance of
education to the socio-economic development of the country.
A parent, Mr Thomas Nico, urged WAEC to publish
the list of the 19 affected states and take legal action against them
instead of withholding the students’ results.
Nico said, “It surprises me to read from
newspapers, that WAEC is threatening to withhold the results of students
in 19 states that sat for the May/June 2015 WASSCE over non-payment of
candidates’ registration fees by their state governments.
“When
we look at this issue, it is not the fault of the students. What WAEC
should do is to publish the list of the affected states and take legal
action against them to retrieve their money.
“The students should not be made victims by withholding their results.
“I want to appeal to WAEC not to withhold the
results of students in these affected states because withholding their
results will equally affect their chances of getting admission into
various institution of higher learning.”
He further appealed to the affected governments to
offset the registration fees of their candidates, instead of just
paying lip-service to the education and welfare of their students.
Another parent, Mrs Jacinta Abraham, said if the
results were not released, it would affect the standard of education in
the affected states.
“I want to plead with WAEC not to withhold the
results of students because it will not only affect the students’
admission into tertiary institutions but it will also affect the
standard of education.
“WAEC should publish the list of the affected
states so as to expose the state governors that pay lip-service to the
education of their citizens in the interest of peace and national
development.
While another parent, Malam Abdul Umar appealed to
the governors of the affected states to urgently offset the
registration fees of their candidates in the interest of the education
sector.
NAN reports that WAEC on July 27 said it
could not guarantee the release of 2015 May/June WASSCE results of
candidates in 19 states that were indebted to it.
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