Victoria Mgbanwa
The Lagos state government has revealed that it will be paying the sum of N1.5BN to register 58,000 students for the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination.
The Lagos State Commisisoner of Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, Tolani Alli-Balogun made the disclosure in commemoration of the first year of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in office for the second term of his administration.
He said, “The administration of Babajide Sanwo-Olu has never defaulted on the payment of WASCCE fees of all public school SS3 students in the four years of Governor Sanwo-Olus’s first term in office. The state government paid over N4.2bn between 2020 and 2023 to keep our promise of full payment of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination fees.
“In the current school year (2024), the governor has approved the sum of N1,571,076,000 as registration fees and other cost for 58,188 SS3 students writing the West African Senior School Certificate Examination.”
