Prof. Dantani Wushishi, Registrar and Chief Executive of the National Examination Council, has stated that state governments owe the test body N5.5 billion.

He, however, refused to name the states involved in the N5.5 billion debt, claiming that some of them had made agreements to NECO to repay their obligation.

Wushishi said this on Tuesday during the release of the 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination results, in which he stated that 61% of applicants received five credits, including English and Mathematics.

The debt was incurred between 2012 and 2023, according to the registrar, as a result of governments accepting responsibility for the registration of their destitute indigines due for inspection.

He urged the states to move quickly to resolve the dispute.

debt, stating that the council would not divulge the results of the affected candidates from debtor nations until the debts are paid off.

“This is the money we use to run the council.” Please make them pay. “We will not release the results of these candidates,” he stated.

Wushishi stated that certain states’ low performance is a call for the states to “look inwards to review their education sector, as well as look at all sectors of education.”

He stated that Abia State and the Federal Capital Territory ranked first among the 36 states, followed by Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, and Adamawa States.

The 2023 SSCE test attracted 1,296,985 applicants. The male applicants were NECO announced that there were 616,398 male applicants and 580,587 female candidates.