The West African Examinations Council has withheld the results of the May/June 2007 Senior School Certificate Examination of public schools in Ogun State.
Investigations on Tuesday by our correspondent in Abeokuta, the state capital, showed that all efforts by the candidates to access their results on the internet were fruitless.
Findings revealed the results were being withheld because of the failure of the state government to fully pay the students’ examination fees.
The examination body had released the results in other parts of the country about three weeks ago. While in Ogun State, the results have been released to private schools.
The Controller of WAEC in the state, Mrs. Anike Alli, confirmed that the results of public schools in the state had not been released.
Urging parents and students to be patient, Alli said the results would be released as soon as the fees were fully paid.
She said, “The council and government are talking. The government has promised that before the end of this week, they will pay in full. Thereafter the result will be made available and parents and students will be happy.”
The Chief Press Secretary to the state Governor, Mr. Wale Adedayo, attributed the delay in paying the fees to technical hitches.
He said, “I can assure you that it is not only the SSCE fees of students that have been paid. Tai Solarin University graduates that were sent back from the National Youth Service Corps scheme have been recalled.
“The first instalment of the SSCE fees was paid some time back. The second one has equally been paid.
“If you go to the WAEC office as I’m talking to you, it will be confirmed that it has been paid.
“There were some technical hitches here and there in the last one week and the fees were not credited into their account (WAEC).” If you go through the system of how money is being paid, you will discover that the money has left our treasury about a week ago.”
Sources at the WAEC office said the council had been warning officials of the state against default.
The sources said that WAEC allowed the students to sit for the examination despite the failure of the government to fully pay the fees.
They added, “The fees should have been fully paid at the point of registration, but the council was magnanimous enough to allow the students to write the exam. Even after the release of the result the fees had not been paid.”
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