The National Examinations Council (NECO) has promised to establish examination centres for the police in Lagos State.
The NECO Registrar, Prof Dantani Wushishi, made the vow during a courtesy visit to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, at the command headquarters in Ikeja on Friday, February 28, 2025.
Wushishi said NECO would consider to establish six centres for the police to access the examination.
He stated: “NECO conducts five different examinations – National Gifted Examination which is the examination for placement into Federal Government Academy, Suleja; National Common Entrance Examination; and the Basis Education Certificate Examination.
“Others are Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (internal); and Senior Secondary School Certificate (external) for private candidates.
“This is an examination that requires students who have not been able to make credits requirement for admission into tertiary institutions will sit for the type of examination to make up the require credits for examination.
“We conduct this types of examination in the sense that any candidates can apply, we have centres specially designated that candidates can choose as close to the resident of the candidates.
“All police families can fix into the category of examinations.”
Wushishi said NECO would send its officials to the locations the Lagos State Command wanted its centres to be established.
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According to him, NECO’s challenge is funding in the area of provision of some physical infrastructure such as offices and some other things to make conductive office work easy.
He thanked the police for carrying out security surveillance and physical security during its examinations.
The NECO boss added: “Lagos is one of the largest states that provides the largest number of candidates.
“Lagos provides second largest candidates for Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) internal after Kano State.
“Last year, Lagos provides over 98,000 candidates for the SSCE second to Kano that provided over 104,000 candidates.
“Our collaboration with Nigeria Police has been long for a very long time. The police have been assisting NECO to conduct examination peacefully, mounting surveillance, and mounting security.”
Speaking, Jimoh said the collaboration between police and NECO would continue.
The police commissioner disclosed that the six locations picked for the establishment of NECO centres are the areas of need – three centre on the Island and three on the Mainland.
He said: “These locations are close to populated area where police family are much in number.
“We know this will be granted and it will be far reaching in enhancing the police children, wards, and families will have access to the centres close to where they are living.”
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