The Niger State government has said it had paid N120 million out of the N500 million debt it owed the National Examinations Council (NECO).
Information and Strategy Commissioner Binta Mamman announced this while addressing reporters yesterday in Minna, the state capital.
The commissioner said the state government had given a standing order for the monthly payment of N30 million to NECO to offset the debt the state’s debt to the organisation.
She said Governor Mohammad Umar Bago was not comfortable with the inability of the state’s students to access their results as they were withheld by the examination body over the debt.
Mamman said the government would ensure that the state does not owe NECO any debt, after clearing the current indebtedness.
