Ayobami Suberu, Branch Controller of the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) for Ogun State, has rebutted an online media claim that results for some public school students in the state were withheld due to unpaid debts. According to a statement from Lekan Adeniran, Chief Press Secretary to the Ogun State Governor, Suberu addressed the issue with newsmen on Tuesday.
Suberu clarified that the results of 1,685,889 candidates, representing 93.9%, were released on Monday. He dismissed the report as “mischievous and unbalanced,” asserting that the Ogun State Government does not owe the Council any money.
He explained that the delay in releasing results for some students was due to a technical issue, which is being addressed promptly. Ongoing communication with the Head of the Test Administration Division is aimed at resolving the matter swiftly, with a commitment to releasing the results by the end of the day.
He said, “Let me say categorically that Ogun State is not owing WAEC 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.
“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.”
