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The Borno state government has appealed to the West African Examination Council (WAEC) and National Examination Council (NECO) to release the results of its candidates who sat for the 2014 examinations.

Mohammed Kauji, the permanent secretary of the state ministry of education, made the appeal in Maiduguri while briefing reporters on Sunday.

Kauji said that the state had cleared all the outstanding registration fees of the candidates who sat for the examinations in the state, and therefore expressed dismay that the candidates had been unable to access their results since it was released.

“I want to plead with both WAEC and NECO to release the result of Borno candidates who sat for the 2014 examinations,” he said.

“This is because the state government had on September 29 cleared all outstanding fees relating to the examinations.

“We were surprised to hear that the results of our candidates were not displayed on the website of both WAEC and NECO even after making all the payments.”

Kauji said the candidates and their parents had tried to access the results in vain and called on the examination bodies not to delay the results so as to enable the students who excelled to process admission into higher institutions.

He commended Governor Kashim Shettima for facilitating the release of funds for the payment of the registration fees and parents and also praised affected candidates for their patience and understanding.