Fraud On INEC Approved Contestants In Anambra State

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One of the last acts of the Abdulsalami Abubakar military administration was the promulgation of a decree, in April 1999, that created the National Examinations Council (NECO).? That act, however, was only the climax of a process whose beginning predated the administration.? Although calls for the creation of a national examination outfit had been on for over two decades earlier, the birth of NECO was not spared controversy.? While some Nigerians saw its arrival as opportunity for choice of examination body for candidates to patronize, others doubted its capacity to conduct reliable examinations that could command widespread national and international respect and acceptability.? Some others welcomed it for its potential, as a Federal Government parastatal, to offer subsidized registration to candidates; yet others queried even its legal status.
The NECO mandate
??????By its mandate, NECO was to take over the responsibilities of the National Board for Educational Measurement (NBEM) which was created, in 1992, by the Ibrahim Babangida administration, although its enabling decree was promulgated in 1993.? However, the conduct of the Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE) which had, hitherto, been the exclusive preserve of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) was made an additional responsibility of the new examination outfit.? NECO was to take exclusive charge of the conduct of the SSCE for school based candidates while WAEC was to take charge of the same examination for private candidates.? NECO was to conduct its maiden SSCE in mid 2000.
Restructuring of NBEM
???????The additional responsibility of NECO over those of its precursor called for some restructuring of NBEM.? Not only was the staff strength to be increased, there was also need for offices to be established in every State of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) if NECO was to effectively cope with the enormity of its mandate.? Consequently, within one year of its creation, the staff strength of NECO had quadrupled that of NBEM in 1998.
?????? Moreover, by January 2000, NECO offices had been established in every State and FCT.? NBEM operated with six zonal offices located in Bauchi, Ibadan, Katsina, Makurdi, Owerri and Ilorin.? NECO created other zonal offices in Akure, Asaba, Damaturu, Enugu, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Sokoto, Uyo and Yola.? Kano replaced Katsina (which became a state office) as a zonal office.
????? Furthermore, NECO invested heavily in data processing technology to enable it cope with the anticipated increase in the volume of data it would need to process over a relatively short period of time.? Consequently, its computer facility was upgraded to an administrative unit and a custom-built complex constructed for it.? It was also equipped with state-of-the-art computer systems and professionals to man the facility.? Two 250KVA back-up generators were also provided the Computer Unit Complex to ensure uninterrupted operations at all times, but especially during peak periods immediately preceding the publication of results.? During such periods, the unit operated a 24 hour day schedule with three shifts each day.
??? The transport section of the organisation was not left out in the upgrading process that was aimed at enabling the component parts of the structure inherited by NECO cope with expected increases in workload emanate from its new status.? By the end of its first year of existence, NECO had trebled the size of the fleet of vehicles it inherited at its inception.? In the effort to do this, the organisation also introduced a large number of trucks, previously nonexistent in its fleet.? This greatly enhanced its ability to distribute and retrieve examination materials to and from all parts of the Country.
Conclusion
????? The story of NECO and its achievements is a continuously developing one and cannot be completely told in a piece as short as this.? However, as has been observed elsewhere,????????????Perhaps, the greatest achievement of NECO is that it has provided gainful employment for over a thousand Nigerians [and given hope to thousands more ? candidates who had been able to keep their matriculation dates because of the timely release of their results by NECO].
By this, as many Nigerians have the opportunity to contribute to the development of their nation and the feeling of wellbeing that results from this sense of actualization is difficult to quantify in concrete terms.? Moreover, the greater number of family members who depend on these thousand NECO staff [and who would depend on the many more thousand potential graduates of tertiary institutions referred to earlier] means a reduction from the number of potential sources of instability in the community.? Further, whatever resources these might be able to plough back in the form of economic activity is a potential generator of wealth in the nation.? Consequently, the dividends of NECO stretch well beyond the horizon of testing, measurement or evaluation.? They touch thousands of Nigerian lives and do so for the better.? That, perhaps, is the greatest achievement of NECO
Mazi Odera
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Ngige, Ukachukwu, Obiano Top INEC List Of Approved Governorship Candidates For Anambra Election
Posted: September 24, 2013 – 18:49

By SaharaReporters, New York
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) today released the list of candidates qualified for the November elections in Anambra state. A release issued by INEC’s spokesperson, Kayode Idowu stated that 23 candidates would participate in the elections slated for November 2013.

Below is the full text of INEC’s press release and the names of candidates that made the list:

PRESSS STATEMENT ON THE GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATES FOR THE ANAMBRA GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION 2013

Pursuant to the Time Table and Schedule of Activities for the Anambra State Governorship scheduled to hold on?16th November, 2013, twenty three (23) Political Parties submitted names of candidates they propose to sponsor at the election. The Commission after due consideration of the relevant provisions of the Electoral Act,

2010 (as amended), the various judgements and orders of the various High Courts on the candidates for the election particularly those of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) approved that the Form CFOO 1 (Personal Particulars) of the candidates for the election be published. Accordingly, the Form CFOOl of the following candidates as submitted by their Political Parties or as ordered by the Court are now being published in Anambra

State in accordance with the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2010 (as amended).

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GOVERNOR

DR. IFEATU EKELEM M ACD 59 MSPH

DEPUTY GOVERNOR
CHRISTIAN MADIEBO M ACD 59 WASC

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GOVERNOR

ENGR. ANTHONY ANENE M ACPN 49 M. Eng

DEPUTY GOVERNOR
IKECHUKWU GODWIN OKAGBUE M ACPN 58 WASC

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GOVERNOR
COMRADE AARON IGWEZE E. M AD 63 DIPLOMA

DEPUTY GOVERNOR
EBO KENNETH CHUKWUEMEKA M AD 49 GCE

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GOVERNOR
CHIEF ANAYO A. ARINZE M ADC 53 HND, PGD

DEPUTY GOVERNOR
PASTOR DONATUS C. ATTAH M ADC 54 DIPLOMA

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GOVERNOR

PATRICK CHUKWUKA IBEZIAKO M APA 49?B.SC

DEPUTY GOVERNOR
ANADI CHUKWUNONSO GABRIEL M APA 33?B.SC

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GOVERNOR

SENATOR CHRIS NW ABUEZE NGIGE M APC 61 BM, BCH,DIPL OMA

DEPUTY GOVERNOR
DR. MIKE AGHADIUNO M APC 61 PH.DMSC

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GOVERNOR

CHIEF WILLIE MADUABUCHI OBIANO M APGA 58 MBA

DEPUTY GOVERNOR
DR. NKEMAKONAM CHUKWUKAODINAKA OKEKE M APGA 53 PH.D

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GOVERNOR
CHIEF AUSTIN NW ANGWU M CPP 57?B.SC

DEPUTY GOVERNOR
BARR. CHINENYE UJU OKONGWU F CPP 36 LLB,BL

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GOVERNOR
CHIJIOKE GEOFREY NDUBUISI M DPP 52 LLB

DEPUTY GOVERNOR
MICHAELSON PATRICK ARIMA M DPP 35 GCE

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GOVERNOR
CHRISTIAN IKECHUKWU OTTI M ID 47 HND

DEPUTY GOVERNOR
NDIFE FRANKLIN IKENNA M ID 35?B.SC

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GOVERNOR
CHIEF DENNIS NWAFORKA OGUGE M KOWA 49 WASC

DEPUTY GOVERNOR
REV. CANON RUFUS OKEKE S.E.M KOWA 49 BA.Ed

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GOVERNOR

PATRICK IFEANYI UBAH M LABOUR 42 NECO

DEPUTY GOVERNOR
PRINCE DR. EMEKA EZE M LABOUR 47 BMBS

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GOVERNOR
PASTOR SIMON CHINWEUBA OKAFOR M MPPP 44 NABTEB

DEPUTY GOVERNOR
REV. EZE C. MIRACLE M MPPP 49 WASC

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GOVERNOR

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