{"id":136111,"date":"2024-10-29T16:40:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T15:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students"},"modified":"2024-10-29T17:47:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T16:47:46","slug":"kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students","title":{"rendered":"Kogi govt approves N600m WAEC fee for public school students"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Governor of Kogi State, Ahmed Ododo has approved the sum of N600 million naira as payment of the 2024\/2025 WAEC fees for 18,734 Students in Public Secondary Schools in the state<\/p>\n

The Kogi State Commissioner For Education, Wemi Jones made the disclosure at a Press Briefing held in his office, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

He said the state government would be paying the sum of N600 million naira for the WAEC fees.<\/p>\n

The Commissioner disclosed that the payment is in line with the Free examination fee for pupils in public schools law enacted by the State Government.<\/p>\n

He disclosed that with the law in place, every internal and external examination for pupils in public primary schools became the responsibility of the government to pay.<\/p>\n

\u2018For the 2024\/2025 WAEC, we approached the Governor in accordance with the existing law for his approval for the payment of students of WAEC for 18734 Students\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis policy by the Government is to make life easier for citizens, parents and guardians. This policy is also intended to address the syndrome of out-of-school children and to also ensure 100% completion of education at that level\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Commissioner thanked Principals of schools that made the government\u2019s intention easier last year but warned principals that tried to play foul of the severe sanctions that await them.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Governor of Kogi State, Ahmed Ododo has approved the sum of N600 million naira as payment of the 2024\/2025 WAEC fees for 18,734 Students in Public Secondary Schools in the state The Kogi State Commissioner For Education, Wemi Jones made the disclosure at a Press Briefing held in his office, on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":136110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[396,254,1166],"class_list":["post-136111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-kogi","tag-nigeria","tag-waec"],"yoast_head":"\nKogi govt approves N600m WAEC fee for public school students - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Governor of Kogi State, Ahmed Ododo has approved the sum of N600 million naira as payment of the 2024\/2025 WAEC fees ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kogi govt approves N600m WAEC fee for public school students\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Governor of Kogi State, Ahmed Ododo has approved the sum of N600 million naira as payment of the 2024\/2025 WAEC fees ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-29T15:40:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-29T16:47:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1730207830.079995.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"742\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"747\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kogi govt approves N600m WAEC fee for public school students\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-29T15:40:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-29T16:47:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students\"},\"wordCount\":236,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1730207830.079995.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kogi\",\"Nigeria\",\"WAEC\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students\",\"name\":\"Kogi govt approves N600m WAEC fee for public school students - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1730207830.079995.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-29T15:40:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-29T16:47:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Governor of Kogi State, Ahmed Ododo has approved the sum of N600 million naira as payment of the 2024\/2025 WAEC fees ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1730207830.079995.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1730207830.079995.jpg\",\"width\":742,\"height\":747,\"caption\":\"Kogi govt approves N600m WAEC fee for public school students\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kogi govt approves N600m WAEC fee for public school students\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kogi govt approves N600m WAEC fee for public school students - Nigeria","description":"The Governor of Kogi State, Ahmed Ododo has approved the sum of N600 million naira as payment of the 2024\/2025 WAEC fees ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kogi govt approves N600m WAEC fee for public school students","og_description":"The Governor of Kogi State, Ahmed Ododo has approved the sum of N600 million naira as payment of the 2024\/2025 WAEC fees ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2024-10-29T15:40:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-10-29T16:47:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":742,"height":747,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1730207830.079995.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Kogi govt approves N600m WAEC fee for public school students","datePublished":"2024-10-29T15:40:51+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-29T16:47:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students"},"wordCount":236,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1730207830.079995.jpg","keywords":["Kogi","Nigeria","WAEC"],"articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students","name":"Kogi govt approves N600m WAEC fee for public school students - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1730207830.079995.jpg","datePublished":"2024-10-29T15:40:51+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-29T16:47:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Governor of Kogi State, Ahmed Ododo has approved the sum of N600 million naira as payment of the 2024\/2025 WAEC fees ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1730207830.079995.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1730207830.079995.jpg","width":742,"height":747,"caption":"Kogi govt approves N600m WAEC fee for public school students"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-govt-approves-n600m-waec-fee-for-public-school-students#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kogi govt approves N600m WAEC fee for public school students"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}