{"id":287978,"date":"2023-09-09T10:47:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T09:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=287978"},"modified":"2023-09-09T10:47:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T09:47:09","slug":"i-inherited-collapsed-education-economy-security-in-zamfara-lawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/09\/09\/i-inherited-collapsed-education-economy-security-in-zamfara-lawal\/","title":{"rendered":"I inherited collapsed education, economy, security in Zamfara \u2013 Lawal"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Says government was owing WAEC, NECO the sum of N3.4 billion Naira which he said resulted in the total collapse of the education sector in the State<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>Lamented that students who have completed their secondary school could not further their education as WAEC and NECO refused to release their results for three years<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has lamented that the immediate past administration refused to pay examination fees of the students for the West African Examination Council, WAEC, and National Examination Council, NECO, for three years.<\/p>\n<p>Lawal explained that the government was owing the two examination bodies the sum of N3.4 billion Naira which he said resulted in the total collapse of the education sector in the State.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Lawal, who spoke through the State Commissioner for Information and Culture, Hon. Mannir Mu\u2019azu Haidara, explained that the immediate past Government owed WAEC N1.8 billion, while it owed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/08\/05\/neco-owed-n3bn-by-states-registered-fewer-candidates-in-2023-registrar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NECO<\/a> N1.6 billion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe students who have completed their secondary school could not further their education as WAEC and NECO refused to release their results for three years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut when the present administration came on board, it cleared the debt and assured the examination boards of prompt payment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking further, he stated that the administration of Dauda Lawal has reopened the State\u2019s Schools Feeding Agency which was shut down as it could not pay contractors supplying foodstuffs to the students.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the present administration inherited a decaying system of governance as education, security, economy and many other sectors collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>Continuing, Haidara stressed that when the new administration came on board, it inherited workers\u2019 and pensioners\u2019 four months outstanding salary arrears, which he said Lawal\u2019s administration cleared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Says government was owing WAEC, NECO the sum of N3.4 billion Naira which he said resulted in the total collapse of the education sector in the State Lamented that students who have completed their secondary school could not further their education as WAEC and NECO refused to release their results for three years Zamfara State 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