National Examination Council (NECO) has dismissed 19 staff members who were found guilty of forging certificates.
The decision was made following the findings of Staff Certificate Verification Committee which was constituted to verify results of NECO workers.
Findings revealed that some of the institutions the workers claimed to have attended, denied issuing them certificates, hence the governing board of NECO was left with no other option but a dismissal.
This was contained in a statement signed by Azeez Sani, The Head, Information and Public Relations Division of NECO.
“The Governing Board of the National Examinations Council (NECO) has approved the dismissal of 19 staff from her service for certificate forgery.
“A Staff Certificate Verification Committee constituted by the Management carried out its assignment diligently by inviting some staff with questionable credentials to appear before it, during which the affected staff attested that their certificates were forged.
“The committee also contacted the Schools and Institutions which the affected staff claimed to have attended and the Schools and Institutions denied having certificated them.
“At its 52nd Regular meeting, the Governing Board of the Council vetted the report of the Certificate Verification Committee and approved the dismissal of the affected staff.
“It would be recalled that the Governing Board had at its 17th Extra Ordinary meeting in November, 2019, also approved the dismissal of 70 staff for Certificate forgery.”
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The issues of certificate appears to be an issue of utmost importance. It would be recalled that Supreme court sacked David Lyon, Bayelsa Governor-Elect on grounds that his deputy Biobarankuma Degi-Eremienyo may have forged some of his documents.
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