IN yet another controversial policy announced within three months, the West African Examinations Council and the National Examinations Council have introduced a one-off N4,000 result verification fee for students seeking admission into tertiary institutions with their O’Level results. The government must cancel it.
The Head of Public Affairs, WAEC, Moyosola Adesina, in a joint statement on behalf of the two examination bodies, said the initiative was intended to prioritise students’ interests.
“This arrangement is designed to ensure that candidates who have successfully verified their WASSCE O’Level result through the Verification Service platform will not be required to repeat the same verification exercise,” the statement said.
This is an objectionable collaboration. It amounts to a fresh assault on the right of Nigerian children to education.
A total of 1,959,668 candidates sat the May/June 2026 WASSCE. They already paid examination fees to obtain their results.
