National Examinations Council (NECO)
Obafemi Odekanyin currently serves as a Senior Examinations Officer at the National Examinations Council (NECO) since December 2016. Previously, Obafemi held the position of Managing Partner at KING'S CONSULTING from 2012 to 2013. Obafemi is pursuing a Master's Degree in Education at the University of Northampton, with an expected completion date in 2024, and holds a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) degree in Political Science and Economics from the University of Ibadan, obtained in July 2008.
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National Examinations Council (NECO)
One of the last acts of the Abdulsalami Abubakar military administration was the promulgation of a decree, in April 1999, that created the National Examinations Council (NECO). That act, however, was only the climax of a process whose beginning predated the administration. Although calls for the creation of a national examination outfit had been on for over two decades earlier, the birth of NECO was not spared controversy. While some Nigerians saw its arrival as opportunity for choice of examination body for candidates to patronize, others doubted its capacity to conduct reliable examinations that could command widespread national and international respect and acceptability. Some others welcomed it for its potential, as a Federal Government parastatal, to offer subsidized registration to candidates; yet others queried even its legal status.