The National Examinations Council (NECO) has refuted claims that it failed to pay some of its examiners.
The council said it had paid the allowances of all the 72,138 examiners it hired as ad hoc workers for this year’s school-based Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE).
Reacting to a social media allegation that NECO deliberately refused to pay the examiners it engaged in the conduct of this year’s SSCE Internal, the examination body said the payment of examiners started on October 4.
“The Council actually commenced payment of the examiners on October 4, 2024 on bank basis. This was to ensure easy reconciliation and to avoid clumsiness in the payment process. NECO has completed the payment of the examiners’ allowances as at today, Wednesday, November 13, 2024, according to the payment plan of the Council.
“Also, it was discovered in the process that some examiners submitted incorrect bank details, which the Council has reconciled with the affected examiners. Out of the 24 banks being used for the payment, all the banks have been cleared.
“It is, therefore, incorrect and false as being speculated recently in the social media that the Council has deliberately refused to pay Examiners engaged in the conduct of the 2024 SSCE Internal,” said a statement by NECO’s Information Officer Azeez Sani.
The management of the examination body urged the public, especially the social media, to always seek clarification/explanation from it, instead of resorting to speculations.
