The Government of Borno State, on Friday, gave out N300 million to the West African Examination Council (WAEC) and the National Examination Commission (NECO), as payment of examination fees for its candidates.

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Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Musa Kubo, made the disclosure, in Maiduguri, while presenting the cheques to the agencies.

Kubo said that the payment was made to facilitate release of examination results of candidates who sat for the examinations in public schools in the state.

The commissioner said that the gesture was part of government’s efforts to support parents in payment of examination fees for their children.

Kubo added that the gesture would also assist students to secure university admission, noting that some 15, 623 students sat for the examinations in the state.

“We paid about N300 million to WAEC and NECO to enable them to release examination results of our students.
“I urge you to hasten release of the results so that students could access it on good time to pursue their admission,” he said.

WAEC and NECO had earlier withheld examination results for May/June 2017 and June/July 2017, respectively.

The examination bodies claimed that their action was necessitated following the inability of the state government to settle balance of the fees.

The action resulted to public outcry by students and parents who expressed the fear that their children could not get admission this academic year. (NAN)



Source: http://sunnewsonline.com/borno-pays-n300m-waec-neco-examination-fees-for-students/

What a ridiculous rescue mission by the Governor of Borno state!

Why is he spending millions of naira on a people that has never seen education to be a treasure map?

That 300 million naira would have bought sophisticated and crude farming implements for agricultural engagements.

OR

He could have set up a kwilikwili & kunu manufacturing small scale factories for each of them.

WAEC & NECO is not important in that terrain.

Stop wasting public funds!


A zombie will always be a zombie, only a tiny fragment of them embrace redemption.

K oo but pls weren't they supposed to have settled weac since, but all the same it better late than never.

This money should be channelled into improving the educational quality/standards........better to have 1000 students qualified to write the examination than 10,000 who are not qualified.

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Ok

that's their business

Kudos

I smell lies

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Not to promote tribalism, but all this money for students who'd rather marry Alhaji Musa or rear cattle?

Them go still prefer rearing cow than sitting for the free exam

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Nice gesture shettima

What an incentive! Good gesture. I just hope the indigenes will embrace it

KunkAcid:




What a ridiculous rescue mission by the Governor of Borno state!

Why is he spending millions of naira on a people that has never seen education to be a treasure map?

That 300 million naira would have bought sophisticated and crude farming implements for agricultural engagements.

OR

He could have set up a kwilikwili & kunu manufacturing small scale factories for each of them.

WAEC & NECO is not important in that terrain.

Stop wasting public funds!


A zombie will always be a zombie, only a tiny fragment of them embrace redemption.

lol read the post...everyone deserves education regardless of geographical location, ethnic or cultural backgrounds, everyone!
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see the effect of education on you that you think you deserve it...you just took the word educated illiterate to the next level

Good stuff! Also, redirect the Hajj funding to Education and you'll begin to see trickles of positive change.

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KunkAcid:




What a ridiculous rescue mission by the Governor of Borno state!

Why is he spending millions of naira on a people that has never seen education to be a treasure map?

That 300 million naira would have bought sophisticated and crude farming implements for agricultural engagements.

OR

He could have set up a kwilikwili & kunu manufacturing small scale factories for each of them.

WAEC & NECO is not important in that terrain.

Stop wasting public funds!


A zombie will always be a zombie, only a tiny fragment of them embrace redemption.

you are not making any sense in this ur comment,
so they dont deserve education or what?

If d govt is doing this much what is redeemed and winners doing to complement this effort?
These churches no dey even remember how missionaries take establish christianity in Nigeria and how how dem take win souls for Christ. Instead na private university wey mekunu no go fit afford na him dem go dey rush go build, that is why daddy freeze dey call dem yahoo pastors sef

good news for ones from that area

Whattt☹ this is sheer wastage! 300miii This man u sure say u no divert some of those cash to private account?[/b][b]

KunkAcid:




What a ridiculous rescue mission by the Governor of Borno state!

Why is he spending millions of naira on a people that has never seen education to be a treasure map?

That 300 million naira would have bought sophisticated and crude farming implements for agricultural engagements.

OR

He could have set up a kwilikwili & kunu manufacturing small scale factories for each of them.

WAEC & NECO is not important in that terrain.

Stop wasting public funds!


A zombie will always be a zombie, only a tiny fragment of them embrace redemption.

My fellow Nigerian and nairalander, on this matter the optics matter.

You See it from a perspective of them not wanting to go to school. Do you know the difference this would make? the child that had a brilliant head but meagre profits from kunu couldn't pay for waec or the child that availed himself/herself an opportunity to make something out of life because of this motivation.

For some of these chaps finance is a huge factor for not continuing their desired education. Imagine pesin like me Wen dey fine 4million to take go Lagos business school come see grant Abi opportunity like this? Na to dive am use my grandma anointing pray for the kind heart when God use.

So no reason the matter. e fit be say the government dey use am encourage them make them go school.

Any which say, so far government no chop the money enrol 20 pipo shildren say na 800 dem enrol, I support them.

danke

KunkAcid:




What a ridiculous rescue mission by the Governor of Borno state!

Why is he spending millions of naira on a people that has never seen education to be a treasure map?

That 300 million naira would have bought sophisticated and crude farming implements for agricultural engagements.

OR

He could have set up a kwilikwili & kunu manufacturing small scale factories for each of them.

WAEC & NECO is not important in that terrain.

Stop wasting public funds!


A zombie will always be a zombie, only a tiny fragment of them embrace redemption.

As a northerner, I strongly disagree with your vitriolic comment.
I believe the north will rise from its shackles of darkness and ignorance if more time is invested on education. The move made by Kashim Shetimma, the Borno state governor should be commended and not condemned. Till today, the greatest thing my parents ever gave to me is formal erudition.

300m for Pple who do not want or value western education but can drive western cars fly on western aircraft and so on u for don use d money buy food fr them

iNTERESTING.

300million for 15+k students??

Even for those that go to private schools too??


Well, that's abt 2k per student, if u consider statistics, but i don't believe them

I'm not sure d total number of people in borno as a whole is up to 15,000,and governor is paying for 15000 plus candidates, u sure say their cow sef never follow write waec and neco...dis one na better scam to move govt. money..

Yet a state like Delta can't pay workers talk more of paying examination fees for its student..... Shame on my state.....

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