President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Prof. Monday Tommy Joshua as the new Registrar/Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council.
The appointment takes effect from March 30, 2015.
The appointment was sequel to the expiration of the tenure of the former Registrar/CEO, Prof. Promise Nwachukwu Okpala, who spent eight years in the Council.
The appointment letter, which was made available to The Eagle Online, was dated April 2, 2015 and was signed by the Secretary to the Federal Government, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, with Reference No: 6\S. 14T.
Joshua, until his appointment, was a Professor of Educational Research, Measurement and Evaluation in the Faculty of Education of the University of Calabar, Cross River State.
He was born in Afaha Nsit II of Nsit Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa-Ibom State. Joshua attended Calabar Polytechnic, University of Nigeria Nsuka, Iowa State University of Science and Technology Ames, Iowa State, USA and University of Calabar and obtained NCE, B. Sc (Ed), M.Sc and Ph.D respectively.
Joshua was promoted to the rank of Professor in October 2006 by the University of Calabar.
He has been a regular monitor of NECO and JAMB administered examinations.
He has been a Consultant to many professional bodies and has published and authored over 100 publications in many national and international journals.
He is married with four children.
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