The FG of Nigeria has commissioned 70 new Vehicles for the National Examination Council (NECO), To assist in the prompt delivery of examination and other materials across all examination Centres in the country.

Professor Tahir Mamman, Minister for Education commissioned the projects including NECO’s Driver’s Pool, block of 3 classrooms for Senior Secondary School students and a multi-million naira NECO Scanning Centre, equipped with the state-of-the-art Optical Mark Reader (OMR) technology, a cutting-edge software introduced by the Council to ensure efficient grading.

According to Vanguard News NECO Registrar, Prof. Wushishi “Establishing and Equipping the NECO Data Centre and Scanning Centre in the era of digitalization, data management and security is paramount. The establishment and equipping of the NECO data centre and scanning centre represent a crucial step towards modernization and efficiency. The NECO boss lamented that for more than 15 years the Council had not yet received any appropriation for capital projects in the examination council.