Obioma appointed new NECO registrar | EduCeleb
EduCeleb
22nd May 2020
Godswill Obioma has been named the new Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the National Examinations Council (NECO).
This puts to rest the two year controversy of leadership at the examining body since the suspension and later sack of erstwhile registrar, Charles Uwakwe.
When Uwakwe was initially suspended in May 2018, Mr Abubakar Gana had been Acting Registrar of NECO.
President Muhammadu Buhari approved Obioma’s appointment to take over and he assumed office on Friday.
A statement, by Azeez Sani, Head, Information and Public Relations Division of NECO, made available to EduCeleb.com noted that the appointment was dated 15th May, 2020 and signed by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu.
According to the statement, the letter “stated that the appointment which is for an initial tenure of five years, takes effect from 14th May, 2020.”
Obioma, a professor of Education Measurement and Evaluation at the University of Jos had previously served as Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Educational Research and Development Council, among other positions.
His last national assignment prior to the appointment is as Ebonyi State Resident Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Read the full statement below.
“President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Professor Godswill Obioma as Registrar/Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council.
“In a letter dated 15th May, 2020 with Reference No: FME/PS/396/C1/1/134 and signed by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, stated that the appointment which is for an initial tenure of five years, takes effect from 14th May, 2020.
“A professor of Education Measurement and Evaluation, Obioma was born on 12th December 1953 and hail from Bende Local Government Area of Abia State. The Registrar on Friday, 22nd May, 2020 formally took over the affairs of the Council from the former Acting Registrar, Mallam Abubakar Gana at the Council’s Headquarters in Minna.
“He was a former Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Educational Research and Development Council.
“Prof. Obioma has held other key positions in the education sector, among which are: Director, Monitoring, Research and Statistics, National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB); Director Monitoring and Evaluation Universal Basic Education Programme; Director Monitoring and Evaluation National Primary Education Commission and Head, Department of Science, Mathematics and Technology, University of Jos.
“Until his appointment as Registrar/CE of NECO, Prof. Obioma was the Ebonyi State Resident Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission.
“An erudite scholar, Prof. Obioma has many scholarly publications to his credit. He is married and blessed with children.”