The Ekiti state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Wednesday, took up the state governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on alleged failure to pay the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) fees of students who sat for the recently released WASC results.
The party said Fayemi’s action was responsible for delay in the release of results of public schools in the state.
Reacting to the nonpayment of WAEC fees by the governor in Ado-Ekiti, the spokesman of the PDP, Raphael Adeyanju, wondered why a government that volunteered to sponsor students for WAEC, would not accord fees a priority.
The PDP spokesperson said the failure of the governor to pay up the money a week after the results have been released by the examination body, has thrown the parents and the students into unprecedented tension and psychological trauma.
The head of Nigeria office of WAEC, Patrick Areghan, had while announcing the results last week said 10 debtor states including Ekiti, should not expect the release of the results of the candidates they sponsored for the examination unless they demonstrate serious commitments.
He had while announcing the results warned that states sponsoring candidates for the examination must show commitment, willingness, readiness and ability to pay or redeem their debts.
Adeyanju said from the foregoing, it could be reasonably concluded that the Fayemi administration is paying lip service to the development of education.
The PDP lamented that a state once noted for scholarship leading to it being christened ‘fountain of knowledge’, had been turned to fountain of ignorance by the APC government.
Adeyanju expressed surprise that while states like Borno which is among the indebted states promptly paid up its debts to get the results of her students released, while Ekiti government appear to be indifferent to the plight of the students.
