The National Examinations Council (NECO) says it has fully paid all ad-hoc staff involved in the conduct of the 2021 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for school based candidates.
Azeez Sani, the council’s spokesperson stated in a press statement on Wednesday that the ad-hoc staff includes, 18,243 Supervisors, 887 Assistant Supervisors and 65,159 Examiners.
“The payment which commenced last week has been concluded.” he said.
“The Management appreciates the invaluable contributions of the Supervisors and Examiners in the success story of the Council over the years, and reiterates its determination to strengthening the existing cordial relationship between them.”
According to the statement, the council appealed to state governments yet to pay the examination fees of their candidates who sat for the SSCE (Internal), to do so to facilitate the release of the result of such candidates.
It would be recalled that the Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi had on October 29, 2021 announced the release of the results of the 2021 SSCE for school based candidates.