WASSCE FEES FRAUD
… PRINCIPAL DRAGGED TO COURT
Senior Secondary School Pupils of Bombali District Council Secondary School @ Rokonta, Bombali District in the Northern Province have sued their Principal, Daniel Raymond Kamara aka Opinto at the Makeni Magistrate Court for depriving them from writing their WASSCE for consecutive two years.
Proceedings on the matter commences on Wednesday 17th January, 2024.
According to the particulars of offence, Principal Daniel Raymond Kamara on various dates during 2022/23 Academic Year collected huge sums of money from students wanting to write their WASSCE. The fees vary from one pupil to another totalling over Le 70 million (old Leones).
According to reports, the money collected was never paid to West African Examination Council (WAEC) Bank Accounts for the school pupils to take their WASSCE . Having tried in vain to retrieve their money, the pupils have taken the matter to court for justice to prevail.
Impeccable sources have revealed to this press that, Principal Opinto being one of the candidates for the Bombali Sharry Chiefdom Chieftaincy election due very soon,he is alleged of using the poor school pupils’ money to fund his campaign.
When contacted on cell phone, the Principal Daniel Raymond Kamara declined to comment on the issue but later claimed that he is the leading candidate in the election.
Being the brother-in-law of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Basic and Senior Education, Principal Kamara has boasted at Rokonta village that, nothing will come out of the issue. “I have met with the Senior Officers at the Ministry, the issue is dead and buried. I am on top of the situation” he upbeat.