The Registrar of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, has said that seven states from the North owe the examination body over N2 billion.
He made this known while announcing the 2022 External Senior School Certificate Examination at the council’s headquarters in Minna, Niger State on Thursday.
The registrar who refused to disclose the states explained that the initial debt was over N3 billion but with the efforts of some state governors the balance was reduced to a bit above N2 billion.
He said the debt was affecting the council in the conduct of examination as it relied on what it generates from the payment of examination fees to pay its examiners.
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Wushishi said the council recorded a sharp rise of 11.419 per cent of the number of candidates involved in various forms of examination practice in the 2022 examination as compared to 4.454 per cent recorded in 2021.
He said a total of 60, 133 candidates registered but only 59, 124 sat for the examination, adding 33, 914 candidates representing 57.36 per cent got credits in five subjects and above, including English Language and Mathematics, while 46, 825 candidates, accounting for 79.20 per cent got five credits and above irrespective of English Language and Mathematics.
The registrar said four supervisors, one each from Rivers and Plateau states and two from Ogun were blacklisted for aiding and abetting, and poor supervision.
