Nationwide WAEC Head, Josiah Dangut Grilled For Utilizing Over ₦5 Billion To Buy Calculators

Nationwide WAEC Head, Josiah Dangut has been grilled for utilizing over ₦5 billion to buy calculators.

PoliticalNews Nigeria reviews that the Home of Representatives Committee on Primary Examination Our bodies, on Tuesday, grilled the Head of Nationwide Workplace of the West African Examination Council Nigeria (WAEC), Josiah Dangut, over a ₦6 billion deficit the company incurred in 2023 throughout an investigative listening to.

This Nigeria information platform understands that the examination physique was additionally questioned relating to the ₦5 billion mortgage it obtained in 2022 for the acquisition of customised calculators.

He introduced the company’s cashbook to the committee, however they rejected it, insisting on the submission of the company’s {bank} statements.

Following unsatisfactory responses from the WAEC representatives, the committee resolved that WAEC should submit all its {bank} statements from 2018 to the current inside per week.

A committee member, Awaji-Inombek Abiante, described WAEC as uncooperative, emphasising the necessity for accountability.

“WAEC Nigeria was an uncooperative witness on this course of, shielding and denying Nigerians the worth of the nation’s funding in that workplace. They need to undergo this committee, in furtherance of this investigation, all of the {bank account} statements of the workplace,” Abiante mentioned.

The committee was displeased that out of eight submissions requested from the examination physique to probe their expenditure, just one, the nominal roll, was offered.

The panel demanded a proof on how WAEC generated ₦34 billion in 2023 however spent ₦40 billion.

It additionally questioned how the examination physique may approve a mortgage of as much as ₦5 billion when even a ministerial board couldn’t approve such an quantity.

It queried the WAEC Head concerning the variety of college students who participated within the 2022 examinations for which the ₦5 billion calculators had been bought.

The Committee demanded that WAEC present particulars of the expenditures resulting in the ₦6 billion deficit and all correspondence associated to the acquisition of the custom-made calculators.

In addition they insisted on receiving proof of approval for the ₦5 billion mortgage used to buy the custom-made calculators.