FG indicts NECO over N7.2bn exam materials scam

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FG indicts NECO over N7.2bn exam materials scam
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The Federal Government’s annual Audit Report has stated that the National Examinations Council made payments for examination materials in 2017 totalling N7.

2bn billion without evidence of supply of those materials.

The audit report, therefore, asked the NECO Registrar, during the year under review, to justify the payment of the sum, adding that payment for supplies “which were not supplied may result in possible misapplication and loss of funds.” “An inquiry to verify the true position of the items revealed that a committee was in charge of the receipt and distribution of the examination materials. However, despite repeated requests for documentary evidence in relation to the supply, the committee failed to produce any document for verification.

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