Daily Trust reported that The House of Representatives Committee on Basic Examination Bodies, on Tuesday, grilled the Head of National Office of the West African Examination (WAEC) Josiah Dangut, over a ₦6 billion deficit the agency incurred in 2023 during an investigative hearing.
The examination body was also questioned regarding the ₦5 billion loan it obtained in 2022 for the purchase of customised calculators.
Dangut was accompanied by WAEC Registrar, Angus Okeleze; Senior Deputy Registrar, Victor Odu; acting Director of Finance, Segun Jerumeh; and Deputy Director of Finance, WAEC.
He presented the agency’s cashbook to the committee, but they rejected it, insisting on the submission of the agency’s bank statements.
Following unsatisfactory responses from the WAEC representatives, the committee resolved that WAEC must submit all its bank statements from 2018 to the present within a week.
A committee member, Awaji-Inombek Abiante, described WAEC as uncooperative, emphasising the need for accountability.
“WAEC Nigeria was an uncooperative witness in this process, shielding and denying Nigerians the value of the country’s investment in that office. They should submit to this committee, in furtherance of this investigation, all the bank account statements of the office,” Abiante said.
News Source: Daily Trust
