The Governing Board of the National Examinations Council (NECO) has approved the dismissal of 19 staff from her service for certificate forgery.
A statement by the Head, Information and Public Relations of NECO Mr Azeez Sani indicates 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.
Mr Sani said 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.
According to Mr Sani the Governing Board of the Council at its 52nd Regular meeting vetted the report of the Certificate Verification Committee and approved the dismissal of the affected staff.
It would be recalled that the Governing Board had at its 17th Extra-Ordinary meeting in November 2019, also approved the dismissal of 70 staff for Certificate forgery.
Mr Sani added that the Certificate verification exercise which is on-going is aimed at sanitizing the system.