Kogi Assembly sets ultimatum for ₦497.3M WAEC fees payment by Education Ministry

The house wondered why the fees, already released by Gov. Yahaya Bello, was yet to be paid to the coffers of the examination body. The speaker of the house, Umar Yusuf, gave the ultimatum to the state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Wemi Jones, during plenary sitting on Thursday.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the house gave the ultimatum after the commissioner had cleared the air on issues around the fees.

He had said there was confusion caused by some school principals who were collecting WAEC fees and other levies in spite of the release of the funds by the state government.