NECO Postpones 2024 Staff Promotion Examination Over Security Challenges
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The National Examinations Council, NECO, announced the indefinite postponement of its 2024 staff promotion examination as a result of security challenges rocking the country.
A statement by its acting Director, Directorate of Information and Digital Communication, Azeez Sani, on February 09, 2024, said the promotion examination, earlier scheduled to hold on February 14 and 15, 2024 in Minna, Niger State, has been postponed.
The Examination Body charged all its staff who are due for promotion to be patient as the year’s promotion exercise has been suspended.
Recall that the House of Representatives mandated the Committees on Education, Examination Board and Basic Education to interface with NECO on its planned promotion examination for about 1,500 staff, stating that the security and economic situation of the country are in red alert.
A member of the All Progressives Congress, Akeem Adeyemi, explained that the security situation in the country and the economic hardship have unfulfilling effects on the NECO staff members and Nigerians at large.
According to him, it is perilous to cause about 1,500 staff to travel from different parts of the country to one place in the name of a promotion examination.
In reaction to the resolution by the Green Chamber, Sani stated, “The Management of the National Examinations Council, NECO, has announced the indefinite postponement of the 2024 Staff Promotion Examination earlier scheduled to hold on 14th and 15th February 2024 in Minna, Niger State.
“The postponement is in compliance with the directive of the Committee on Basic Examination Bodies of the House of Representatives as contained in a letter referenced NASS/HR/10/CT.20/64 dated 9th February 2024 and signed by the Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Oboku Abonsizibe Oforji.
“With this development, all NECO staff who are due for promotion this year should note that the exercise has been put on hold indefinitely.”