FG Increases WAEC, NECO Examination Fee From N27,500 to N50,000 for 2027
The Federal Government has approved a new examination fee of N50,000 for candidates sitting the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and National Examinations Council (NECO) Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE), with the new rate taking effect from 2027.
The approval was contained in a June 18 statement signed by Adeniji Ibrahim, Director of Senior Secondary Education at the Federal Ministry of Education. It followed a request by WAEC for an upward review of the SSCE registration fee.
The new fee represents an 82% increase from the current N27,500 charged per candidate.
According to Ibrahim, the decision was reached after a March 31, 2026 meeting between the Minister of Education and examination bodies, where the need to review examination fees was discussed. He said the minister also directed both WAEC and NECO to adopt a uniform examination fee.
“You may recall that at a meeting of examination bodies held with the honourable minister of education on 31 March, 2026, where the need for upward review of examination fees was discussed, the honourable minister directed that WAEC and NECO should adopt a uniform fee for the conduct of WAEC and NECO SSCE,” the statement read.
It added, “Consequently, I am directed to convey the honourable minister of education’s approval of the sum of fifty thousand naira (N50,000.00) only, as the new examination fee per candidate, with effect from NECO SSCE (Internal), 2027.”
The ministry said the directive should be communicated to all relevant stakeholders.
Could you imagine someone mother, wife, sister or daughter going through labour at night with only a torchlight because the primary healthcare centre has no electricity ? In many communities across Kano State, patients continue to face critical shortages of electricity, clean water, essential medicines, medical equipment and other basic healthcare necessities. This is unacceptable in a state of over 22 million population and where healthcare should be a priority.
Kano State under Abba Kabir Yusuf allocated billions of naira to the health sector: ₦ 45.6 Billions in 2023, ₦51.4 Billion in 2024, ₦90.6 Billion in 2025 and ₦212.25 billion in the 2026 budget. Hala many primary healthcare centres remain in deplorable condition, lacking basic medicines, reliable electricity, clean water and essential supplies. The question is simple:
1. Where are these funds going ?
2. Why are frontline health facilities still struggling to provide basic care ?
2027 is Kano moment to choose accountability over excuses. No family should lose a loved one because of failing primary healthcare. The people deserve better and the time to demand it is at the ballot box.
We must change for better.
“Akwai tsaro sosai a Najeriya, kawai mutane ne ke zuzuta ƴar matsalar da ke faruwa a yanzu, da izinin Allah kuma shugaba Tinubu sai ya ci zaɓen 2027.” — Rashida Adamu Mai Sa'a, jaruma a masana'ntar shirya fina-finan Hausa ta Kannywood
🥶🧊 Lamine Yamal: “What is aura? In football, Cristiano Ronaldo”.
“Aura is a person who gives off, something like when they arrive, it's like… WOW. For example, Brad Pitt or like that”.
“In football, Cristiano would be a good example of aura”.
I even call for resignation of the commissioner. Anyone praising healthcare centres is probably someone who is not being admitted to a public hospital in Kano.
The current situation are clear demonstration of failure.
Gani ya kori ji: The ongoing Zaria–Funtua–Gusau–Sokoto Dual Carriageway project is poised to enhance connectivity, facilitate trade, create jobs, and drive economic growth across Northern Nigeria.
The project tour gave journalists the opportunity to witness the progress firsthand, highlighting the Federal Government’s commitment to delivering critical infrastructure under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s #RenewedHope Agenda.
Kar tasan kar, bawanda ya isa yacimu da buguzun, azo ana daura wasu notikan iska ana hoto wai ana aiki, du karya ce da content, irin na wannan gwamnatin mara albarka, falle daya ce, bazamu zaba ba kuma zamu hana azaba!
Kwankwaso was the real kickstarter, he initiated this project, bought the turbines and heavy equipment with a bold 35MW vision (25MW FOR CHALLAWA) .
Ganduje came, slashed it down to a pathetic (6MW FOR CHALLAWA) made noise about completion, delivered nothing and we rightly roasted him for the failure.
Now Abba Kabir Yusuf is busy and can't perform better than what Ganduje done after 3 yrs in office: no capacity increase whatsoever, still stuck on Ganduje’s downgraded 6MW design
Hala Abba media centre are shouting as if he invented the project and the electricity generating turbines are some magic water pumps that will instantly solve Water crisis.Same old recycled failure, different governor.
Abba has failed more than Ganduje and 2027 we must change for better.