President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of
Professor Godswill Obioma as the new National Examinations Council (NECO)
Registrar and Chief Executive Officer.
The approval was contained in a letter dated 15th May 2020
with Reference No: FME/PS/396/C1/1/134.
It was signed by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu
Adamu.
The letter noted that the appointment, for an initial tenure
of five years, would take effect from 14th May 2020.
A statement by the Head of Information, Azeez Sani, said the
Registrar officially took over the affairs of the Council from the former
Acting Registrar, Abubakar Gana, on Friday.
The handover ceremony was held at the NECO Headquarters in
Minna.
Obioma is a Professor of Education Measurement and
Evaluation.
He also served as Executive Secretary of the Nigeria
Educational Research and Development Council.
He was the Ebonyi State Resident Commissioner of the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) until the new appointment.
Professor Charles Uwakwe, the former NECO Registrar was
sacked recently for financial misconduct.
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