Assembly to investigate non-release of 2019/2020 NECO results of Niger students

Apparently disturbed by the public outcry over the non-release of the results of 30,000 students from Niger state who registered and sat for the 2019/2020 Senior Secondary School Examinations (SSCE) by the National Examinations Council (NECO), the State House of Assembly has directed its committee on education and that of legislative compliance, to investigate the non-release of the results and report back within one week.

This follows a motion on a matter of urgent public importance on the floor of the house on Thursday, by the member representing Bosso Constituency, Mallam Malik Bosso who told the house that the National Examinations Council has withheld the result of over 30,000 students from the state due to non-payment of examination fees by the government.

According to the lawmaker, “those students who sat for the National Examinations Council in 2019/2020 respectively are yet to access their results till this moment,” adding that ‘as a result of the withholding of their results by NECO, the affected students risk forfeiting their admission into higher institutions of learning for two years.”

Most worrisome and most unfortunate, the member pointed out, is the withholding of non-indigene students results who had paid their NECO Examination fees, but such money could not be remitted to the examination body by the state ministry of education

Honourable Madaki told the house that “some non-indigene students who paid NECO Examinations fee to the state government through the ministry of education are equally denied access to results because the examinations body said, such fees were not remitted to it by the state government.”

He, therefore, asked the house to mandate the committee on education and that of legislative compliance to investigate the non-release of the results of the affected students without delay.

In his contribution, while supporting the motion, a member representing the Mokwa constituency, Mallam Shaba Gbara said it is painful that the students could not access their results due to non-payment of their examination fee and may stand the risk of missing out on admission into tertiary institutions.

He maintained that the house will not fold its hands and allow a few individuals to mess up the entire state and therefore, urged the house to as a matter of urgency, investigate the matter and ensure that justice is done.

He said, “this matter is of great concern to parents and all of us. Over 30,000 students have been denied access to their NECO results because of the accumulated debts by the government for 2019/2020.”

After listening to contributions from members, the Speaker, Rt Hon Abdullahi Wuse mandated the house committee on education and that of legislative matters to investigate the matter and submit it’s report within a week.

It could however be recalled that the affected students staged a peaceful protest to NECO Headquarter in Minna last week to register their frustration.

The planned protest was however leaked to the organization who quickly alerted the State Police Command and a detachment of Armed Mobile Policemen in about six Hilux vans was despatched to the organization to prevent any protest.

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