Prof. Dantani Wushishi, Registrar and Chief Executive of the National Examination Council, has revealed that some unidentified states owe the test body N5.5 billion.
Wushishi said this during the release of the 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination results, in which he stated that 61% of the applicants received five credits, including English and Mathematics.
The debt was incurred between 2012 and 2023, according to the registrar, as a result of governments accepting responsibility for the registration of their destitute indigenes due for inspection.
He urged the states to move quickly to settle the debt, saying that the council would not divulge the results of the impacted candidates from debtor states until the arrears were settled.
“It is the money we use for the running of the council, they should please pay up, we will not release the results of candidates from these states,” according to the registrar.
Wushishi stated that certain states’ low performance is a call for the states to “look inwards to review their education sector and also look at all sectors of education.”
According to him, Abia State led the 36 states and Abuja in terms of performance, followed by Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, and Adamawa states.
The 2023 SSCE attracted 1,296,985 applicants. There were 616,398 male applicants and 580,587 female candidates.
cc: Punch Ng
