Examiners engaged by the National Examinations Council, NECO, to mark the 2024 students’ examination papers have threatened to embark on nationwide protest over the non-payment of their allowances after completing the assignment.
Newsmen learnt that the examiners have started mobilising their colleagues across the states for the planned protest.
A letter written to the NECO Chief Registrar in Minna by aggrieved Kano examiners and circulated to NECO examiners in Plateau State confirmed the development.
The letter, dated November 8, 2024, and copied to all team leaders in charge across the federation and all assistant examiners across the federation was obtained in Jos on Sunday.
Efforts to speak with the Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of NECO, Prof Dantani Wushishi, on the matter failed as his telephone line indicated that it was switched off when contacted at the time of filing this report.
