Gov Sule Pays NECO Registration Fee for 24,000 Students

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has approved the payment of the National Examination Council, NECO, registration fees for more than 24, 000 students in public secondary schools in the state.

This was contained in a statement yesterday by the Senior Special Assistant, SSA, to the governor on Public Affairs, Peter Ahemba, at a bimonthly press conference in Lafia.

Ahemba said that the initiative, which was the second since Sule assumed office, had captured all final-year students in public secondary schools in the state, noting that there was no discrimination as both indigenes and non-indigenes in public schools benefited from the gesture.

He further said that the payment was aimed at ensuring that all eligible students can sit for the examination without financial burdens to their parents, emphasising that the initiative was part of the state’s efforts to promote education and alleviate financial hardship on students and their families.

“Because of the state government’s huge investment in the education sector, the state was ranked ninth best in the entire country and second best in the North-Central performance index in NECO for 2024,” he adde

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has approved the payment of the National Examination Council, NECO, registration fees for more than 24, 000 students in public secondary schools in the state.

This was contained in a statement yesterday by the Senior Special Assistant, SSA, to the governor on Public Affairs, Peter Ahemba, at a bimonthly press conference in Lafia.

Ahemba said that the initiative, which was the second since Sule assumed office, had captured all final-year students in public secondary schools in the state, noting that there was no discrimination as both indigenes and non-indigenes in public schools benefited from the gesture.

He further said that the payment was aimed at ensuring that all eligible students can sit for the examination without financial burdens to their parents, emphasising that the initiative was part of the state’s efforts to promote education and alleviate financial hardship on students and their families.

“Because of the state government’s huge investment in the education sector, the state was ranked ninth best in the entire country and second best in the North-Central performance index in NECO for 2024,” he added.