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 has witheld the certificates for non payment which the immediate past administration failed to deliver, until the advent of incumbent government which paid the money.
The Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Â Halima Muhammad Bande, announced this at the presentation of the certificates to the affected students by the state deputy Governor, Umar Abubakar Tafida.
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 certificates.
The Kebbi 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, Umar Abubakar Tafida, affirmed that the present administration places premium on educational development in all ramifications.
He urging the students to reciprocate the gesture through serious studies to attain excellence, put in your best.
On behalf of the benefitting students, Aminu Ahmad Kadanho, expressed appreciation to Government for liberating the students from the clutches of financial indebtedness to the Science Academy which prevented some of the students from further education.
