The National Examinations Council, NECO, has sacked 70 of its staff over engagement in certificate forgery.
Confirming the dismissal of the staff on Saturday, the body’s Head of Information and Public Relations Division, Azeez Sani, disclosed that the termination was approved by the management after consideration of the report of the committee set up to verify the veracity of the forgery.
He said, “The Management of National Examinations Council (NECO) has approved the dismissal of 70 staff from services for certificate forgery.”
“These dismissals are a sequel to a report submitted by a Management Committee constituted to verify the certificates of staff,” he added
He noted that the Certificate Verification Committee carried out its assignment diligently by inviting all staff with questionable credentials to appear before it, during which some staff actually attested that their certificates were fake.
The Committee also contacted the schools and institutions the affected staff claimed to have attended and the schools and institutions denied having certified them.
At its 17th meeting, the Governing Board vetted the report and approved the dismissal of the affected staff.
The Council under the able leadership of the Acting Registrar/Chief Executive, Mr Abubakar Gana has zero-tolerance for corruption and is committed to sanitising the system.
The dismissal of the 70 staff is the first phase in the series of the on-going staff certificate verification exercise in the Council.
