Again, NECO dismisses 19 staff for certificate forgery

The Governing Board of the National Examinations Council (NECO) has again approved the dismissal of 19 staff from her service for certificate forgery.

This was contained in a statement on Tuesday by the Head, Information and Public Relations Division of the Council, Mr Azeez Sani, and made available to newsmen in Abuja.

It would be recalled that the Governing Board of NECO had at its 17th Extra-Ordinary meeting in November 2019, also approved the dismissal of 70 staff for Certificate forgery.

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Sani noted that a Staff Certificate Verification Committee, constituted by the Management, carried out its assignment diligently by inviting some staff with questionable credentials to appear before it, during which the affected staff attested that their certificates were forged.

He added that the committee also contacted the Schools and Institutions which the affected staff claimed to have attended and the Schools and Institutions denied having certificated them.

“At its 52nd Regular meeting, the Governing Board of the Council vetted the report of the Certificate Verification Committee and approved the dismissal of the affected staff,” the statement said.

It further noted that the Certificate verification exercise which is on-going was aimed at sanitising the system.