The Kebbi State Government has secured the release of West African Examination Council WAEC and National Examination Council NECO certificates for 164 students, indigenes of the State, from the Key Science Academy, after the payment of N950 million, tuition and examination fees.
The Academy had witheld the certificates for non payment of fees which the immediate past administration failed to honour.
The Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Halima Muhammad Bande, announced this in Birnin Kebbi, at an event where the State Deputy Governor, Umar Abubakar Tafida presented the certificates to the affected students.
Halima Bande explained that most of the students studied disciplines of Medicine and other Science subjects, but some of them could not secure admission for higher studies due to non availability of original copies of their certificates.
“The Kebbi State Government paid the whopping sum of N950 million to the Science Academy for the certificates’ release which the previous government failed to do”
The Deputy Governor, Tafida affirmed that the present administration places premium on educational development in all ramifications.
He urged the students to reciprocate the gesture through serious studies to attain excellence.
On behalf of the benefitting students, Aminu Ahmad Kadanho, expressed appreciation to the State Government for what he described as “liberating” the students from the clutches of financial indebtedness to the Science Academy, which had prevented some of them from furthering their education.
Editor: Ken Eseni
