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From John Adams, Minna
The National Examinations Council (NECO) says it has cleared all outstanding allowances due to the 72,138 examiners that were engaged as ad hoc staff in the just released 2024 school-based Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE).
NECO, in a statement in Minna on Wednesday by the acting Director Directorate of Information and Public Affairs, Mallam Azeez Sani, explained that the payment of the examiners’ allowance actually commenced on October 4, on a bank basis, adding however that the delay was to ensure easy reconciliation and to avoid clumsiness in the payment process.
In addition, the council pointed out that “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.”
The statement added that “NECO has completed the payment of the examiners’ allowances as of today, Wednesday, November 13, 2024, according to the payment plan of the council.”
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Mallam Azeez therefore described as incorrect and false insinuation in the social media that the Council has deliberately refused to pay Examiners engaged in the conduct of the 2024 SSCE Internal their allowance.
“The management advises that any person(s) engaged by the Council should seek clarification/explanation from it on matters oblivious to them before resorting to the Media
“NECO wishes to reassure its esteemed examiners and other ad hoc staff that the council cherishes their invaluable contributions to the effective conduct of its examination and will therefore not take their remuneration for granted.”
Some social media platforms had alleged that the examination body was indebted to 72,138 examiners who were engaged as ad hoc staff in the just released 2024 school-based Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for the payment of their allowance.
