Governor of Kogi State, Idris Wada, has approved the reimbursement of N276,769,400 to the parents of eligible candidates that sat for the 2014/2015 West African Examinations Council (WAEC) examination in the state.
It will be recalled that the state government had stopped the payment of WAEC fees, but instead, reimburse the parents, who paid for their children.
The payment for 2014/2015 WAEC fees for the students, who sat for the examinatiom is on going in Lokoja .
However, a statement from the secretary of the WAEC Fees Refund Committee, Ibrahim Odoma, said a total of 24,172 candidates were certified eligible to benefit from the funds.
He said a seven-man committee headed by Hajiya Maryam Ladi Ibrahim, had earlier screened the list of WAEC candidates from across public schools in the state with a view to ascertaining eligible beneficiaries.
Odoma said each beneficiary is to be refunded with a sum of N11,450 .
