The Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman has disclosed that the National Examinations Council (NECO) would soon get flying boats for examination logistics.
This, according to him, will enable the Examination body to be able to transport essential examination materials into places, especially riverine areas, that cannot be reached by vehicles.
Speaking in Minna during the commissioning of five projects by the National Examinations Council (NECO), the Minister who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Mr Andrew David Adejohsaid that the purchase of 79 examination logistics vehicles by NECO is a step in the right direction and would limit the spread of examination leakages.
He reiterated the determination of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration to strengthen NECO and other education bodies across the country.
The commissioned projects include 70 examination logistics vehicles, the NECO drivers pool, the senior secondary classroom block of the NECO staff school, the NECO data center, and the NECO scanning center.
The Minister said that the data center is key because it will be the backbone of the digital age that NECO is pursuing and would act as a central repository for all NECO data ensuring its protection and efficient retrieval.
In his address, the Registrar of NECO, Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi explained that the purchase of 70 new examination logistics vehicles marks a significant milestone in NECO’s quest to ensure seamless and timely delivery of examination materials to all examination centers nationwide and would eliminate logistical challenges that often hinder the smooth conduct of examinations.
He said that establishing and equipping the NECO data center and scanning center would expedite the processing of examination scripts leading to faster result releases while safeguarding sensitive examination data from unauthorised access.
The Registrar announced the construction of three new NECO state offices in Gombe, Kastina, and Kogi states while disclosing that the National Assembly has appropriated NECO to construct seven additional state offices in Nasarawa, Rivers, Lagos, Sokoto, Taraba, Jigawa, and Abia states.
He stated that the commissioning of the projects will help the Council continue delivering excellence and shaping the future of education in line with the renewed hope agenda of the President.
