NECO: Prof Godswill Obioma replaces Prof Charles Uwakwe as Registrar & Chief Executive

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Nigeria's President Buhari has approved the appointment of Prof. Godswill Obioma as the Registrar and Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council, replacing Prof. Charles Uwakwe.

The appointment was announced by the council on Friday, saying it was contained in a letter, FME/PS/396/C1/1/134, signed by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu.

Prof Obioma is a Professor of Education Measurement and Evaluation, will have an initial tenure of five years, which took effect from May 14.

Last Wednesday, President Buhari had terminated the appointment of Prof Charles Uwakwe as the council’s registrar over various offences bordering on financial impropriety, alongside four senior officials of the council.

The senior officials include: the Acting Director (Finance and Accounts), Mr. Bamidele Olure, Head of Procurement Division, Dr. Shina Adetona, Deputy Director, Mr. Tayo Odukoya, and the Head of Legal/Board matters, Babatunde Aina.

The council said, “President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Prof Godswill Obioma as the Registrar and Chief Executive. The registrar on Friday formally took over the affairs of the council from the former acting registrar, Abubakar Gana, at the council’s headquarters in Minna.

“Obioma was a former Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Educational Research and Development Council and current Resident Commissioner to the Ebonyi State Independent National Electoral Commission, EBSIEC.”

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