NECO Gets New Zonal Offices and Division

The Management of the National
Examinations Council has approved the
restructuring of the organization to
reposition it for better service delivery
and productivity as eight zonal offices
and divisions have been created.
The zonal offices are situated in Ibadan,
Enugu, Port Harcourt, Makurdi, Bauchi,
Kano, FCT and Lagos.
According to a press release by the
Head of information, Azeez Sani made
available to newsmen in Minna, three
new divisions have been created in the
Department of Examination
Development, they are SSCE (external),
Trade/Entrepreneurial Subjects and
Evaluation and Item Banking while in the
Department of Quality Assurance, the
new divisions created are
Psychometrics, Examination
Malpractice and Investigation, and
Policy Matters (external).
The three new divisions in the
Department of Human Resource
Management are Maintenance,
Sanitation and Staff Records/Nominal
Roll, while Validation and 3rd Year
Continuous Assessment, and
Operations are the two new divisions
created in the Department of
Examination Administration.
The release disclosed that the
restructuring has led to the appointment
of eight new zonal coordinators, 37 new
state officers, including an FCT Liaison
officer and 45 Divisional Heads.
The zonal coordinators appointed are,
Dr. Abdullahi Williams (North West –
Kano), Mr. Usman Abubakar (North
Central – Makurdi), Mr. John Tumba
(North East – Bauchi), Dr. Kola Raheem
(South West – Ibadan), Mrs. Mariana
Ukaegbu (South East – Enugu), Mr.
Lucky Ohwonigbo (South South – Port
Harcourt), Mr. Mustapha Abdul (FCT),
Mr. Michael Olapade (Lagos).