The Registrar of the National Examinations Council, NECO, Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi, has said some states in the federation are owing the body over N2 billion in examination fees and appealed to them to pay up for the body to have enough funds to prosecute its programmes.
He disclosed this in Lagos at the weekend while monitoring the conduct of the ongoing General Certificate of Education examinations for final year senior secondary school students in some centres.
According to him, some of the debts started accruing from 2012 and five states owed most of the debts but he expressed hope that they would soon pay up.
“We need the money because the Federal Government only pays workers’ salaries and all other expenses are borne by the council. We need the support of all, including state governments for us to discharge our duties and mandate. We are not just present in Nigeria, we also conduct examinations in places like Togo, Niger, Benin and Equatorial Guinea.