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Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has cleared all inherited debts owed to national examination bodies by previous administrations.
The former state governments had failed to pay the National Examination Council (NECO) for the years 2014 to 2018, and the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for the period spanning 2018 to 2022.
According to a statement issued by Sulaiman Bala Idris, the Governor’s spokesperson, the payment of these outstanding dues has prompted WAEC and NECO to release all previously withheld student results covering the affected years.
The statement also emphasized that settling these debts forms part of the administration’s broader agenda, aligned with Governor Lawal’s earlier declaration of an emergency in the state’s education sector.
The statement reads in part: “In his commitment to overhauling the educational sector of Zamfara State, Governor Dauda Lawal has settled all backlog of payments owed by previous administrations in the state.
“The nonpayment of fees for WAEC and NECO has caused a significant setback for public schools throughout Zamfara State, continually placing Zamfara at the bottom of educational indices across Nigeria.
“Recognizing the issues within the education system, Governor Lawal declared a state of emergency in education in November 2023, a decision producing positive results for the educational sector in Zamfara State.
“More than 500 schools have been renovated and equipped since the emergency declaration. Public teachers have been trained and are undergoing retraining.
“The swift payment of the outstanding debt to WAEC and NECO has relieved the stranded Zamfara students, who completed their final exams but could not proceed due to the examination bodies withholding their results
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“For the West African Examination Council, WAEC, Governor Dauda Lawal has paid the outstanding of one billion four hundred million naira that the previous administrations owed from 2018 to 2022.
“The immediate past government could not pay for the 2023 WAEC; therefore, no public school in Zamfara State participated in the examination. However, payment was made for 2024, and students took the exams.
“On the part of the National Examination Council, NECO, Governor Lawal has paid N320, 699, 850.00 to settle a debt owed the council from 2020 to 2021.
“The previous administrations from 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 failed to pay the National Examination Council, NECO the sum of one billion and twenty-two million naira, a reason why the council decided to withhold the results of Zamfara students who sat during that period.
“Governor Dauda Lawal has also approved the payment of the withheld results from 2014 to 2018, and an agreement has been reached with NECO to release the results immediately after receiving the first batch of the payment.”
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