NECO Pays over 72,000 Ad hoc Staff, Examiners

Laleye Dipo in Minna and Kuni Tyessi in Abuja

The National Examination Council (NECO) yesterday said it has paid over 72,138 examiners that took part in the 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination across the country.

NECO said this  through a statement issued by its Director of Information, Mr. Azeez Sani, saying  that the payment commenced on October 4 this year.

According to Sani, all the examiners were paid through the bank accounts they submitted to the examination body, adding that payments were completed this month.

The director debunked claims that the examiners have not been paid their allowances, describing such insinuations as a plan to discredit the examination body.

“NECO has completed the payment of the examiners as at today 13 November 2024 according to our payment plan,” Sani said in the statement.

He said the organisation discovered during the payment process that some examiners submitted incorrect bank details which was reconciled with those concerned insisting that all the 24 banks used for the payment of the allowances have been cleared.

“It is therefore,  incorrect and false as claimed on the social media that the council has deliberately refused to pay the examiners engaged in the conduct of the 2024 SSCE examination,” Sani said in the statement before advising anyone in doubt to seek clarification from the examination body.