OGUN NOT OWING WAEC, WITHHELD RESULTS CAUSED BY TECHNICAL HITCH

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The Branch Controller of the West Africa Examination Council in charge of Ogun State, Ayobami Suberu, has denied reports that the Ogun State Government is owing the examination body.

He described online media reports insinuating that the results of some public school students in the state were withheld due to indebtedness, as malicious.

Briefing journalists in Ogun on Tuesday, Suberu said the state government is not indebted to the Council in any way, describing the report as mischievous and unbalanced.

The branch controller explained that the results of the affected students were still pending because of a technical hitch, which is being looked into for quick redress and immediate action.

According to him, there is ongoing communication between the branch and the Head of the Test Administration Division of the Council in that regard, as he promised that the results would be released before the close of work on Tuesday.

“Let me say categorically that Ogun State is not owing the West African Examination Council a dime. A senior official from the Ogun State Ministry of Education had earlier called me regarding the report, and I clarified that nothing of the sort happened; the report of indebtedness is not balanced and is mischievous,” he said.

“How can a reporter just go ahead and put up a story without getting the side of WAEC? That is not ethical. The truth of the matter is that those results were not released due to a technical hitch, and we are relentlessly working on it for it to be released on Tuesday.

“We have activated communication with the Head of the Test Administration Division, and we are getting positive responses regarding the issue.”

On Monday, Hotjist reported the release of the 2024 WAEC results.

It was also reported that the examination body withheld 215,267 results.