This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Aminu Sa’ad (PDP-Ungoggo) at plenary on Wednesday.
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A statement by the Registrar/Chief Executive of the council, Prof. Godswill Obioma, in Abuja said the examination body would not be subject to extension of the deadline as approved by the Federal Ministry of Education.
The Registrar and Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Godswill Obioma, announced this while briefing newsmen in Minna, Niger State on Tuesday.
The Governing Board of the National Examinations Council has approved the dismissal of 19 staff from its service for certificate forgery.
Dr. Jacob Ekele, Director Finance and Administration, National Examination Council, says the body conducted examinations for students in 19 states on credit.
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri made this promise while addressing the Peoples Democratic Party supporters at a rally on Thursday in Yola.
The Zamfara Government has paid N200 million examination fees owed the National Examinations Council to facilitate the release of students’ results, Governor Bello Matawalle said on Sunday in Gusau.
The Niger government says it has paid N200 million to National Examination Council to ensure the release of results of 30,000 students being withheld by the examination body.
Out of the 1,151,016 candidates who sat for the examinations, only 829,787 of the candidates, representing 71.59 per cent, got at least five credits, including Mathematics and English Language.
The Acting Registrar of NECO, Abubakar Gana, said this at a one-day capacity building workshop organised for education correspondents, in Keffi on Friday.
State-owned primary and secondary schools in Rivers State have been directed to stop collecting fees and levies from pupils and students with immediate effect.
The immediate past administration in Zamfara State led by the ex-governor, Abdul’aziz Yari, is said to have left over N2.8 billion liabilities involving external examinations, the state transition committee has disclosed.
The decision was sequel to a ruling on Friday on the application by Counsel to the petitioners, Umar Nasko and Peoples Democratic Party, Mohammed Ndayako.
Colonel Sani Bello, father to the Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello; former Registrar, National Examinations Council, Prof. Promise Okpala; Education Secretary, Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State; and the Acting Registrar of NECO may be issued a bench warrant on Thursday by the Niger State Gubernatorial Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Minna.
In a bid to tackle the challenge of impersonation experienced in the conduct of its examinations, the National Examination Council has procured 8,000 biometric machines and 20 Toyota Hilux Vans worth over N800 million.
Twenty six inmates of Abolongo Prison in Oyo town who sat for the 2018 external SSCE organised by the National Examination Council got five credits each.
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has announced the release of the 2019/2020 National Common Entrance Examination for admission into the 104 Unity Schools across the country.
The Acting Registrar, National Examination Council, Abubakar Gana, has attibuted the drop in the number of candidates in the 2019 Common Entrance Examination into Federal Government schools to lack of sponsorship by some politicians.
The National Examinations Council has postponed the 2019 National Common Entrance Examination into unity schools to April 27.
The National Examinations Council has postponed the 2019 National Common Entrance Examination into unity schools.