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Buhari appoints Godswill Obioma as new NECO Registrar

Promise Amadi
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Published: May 22, 2020
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President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Prof. Godswill Obioma as the new Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the National Examination Council (NECO).

Okay.ng reports that Buhari approved Obioma’s appointment following the sack of Charles Uwakwe for various offences bordering on financial impropriety.

Azeez Sani, Head, Information and Public Relations Division of NECO, in a statement on Friday, said the president’s approval was contained, “In a letter dated 15th May, 2020 with Reference No: FME/PS/396/C1/1/134 and signed by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu.”

According to the statement, “the letter “stated that the appointment which is for an initial tenure of five years, takes effect from 14th May, 2020.”

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The statement read: “President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Professor Godswill Obioma as Registrar/Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council.

“In a letter dated 15th May, 2020 with Reference No: FME/PS/396/C1/1/134 and signed by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, stated that the appointment which is for an initial tenure of five years, takes effect from 14th May, 2020.

“A professor of Education Measurement and Evaluation, Obioma was born on 12th December 1953 and hail from Bende Local Government Area of Abia State.

“The Registrar on Friday, 22nd May, 2020 formally took over the affairs of the Council from the former Acting Registrar, Mallam Abubakar Gana at the Council’s Headquarters in Minna.

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“He was a former Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Educational Research and Development Council.

“Prof. Obioma has held other key positions in the education sector, among which are: Director, Monitoring, Research and Statistics, National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB); Director Monitoring and Evaluation Universal Basic Education Programme; Director Monitoring and Evaluation National Primary Education Commission and Head, Department of Science, Mathematics and Technology, University of Jos.

“Until his appointment as Registrar/CE of NECO, Prof. Obioma was the Ebonyi State Resident Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission.

“An erudite scholar, Prof. Obioma has many scholarly publications to his credit. He is married and blessed with children.”

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Amadi Promise is an Assistant Senior Editor at Okay Nigeria (Okay.ng) who handles Sports & Educational sections. He loves sharing what he knows and also learns from others. Promise is also an Android developer at Rad5 Tech Hub.
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