Education

Buhari Appoints Obioma New NECO Registrar

Funmi Lawrence

 

 

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Professor Godswill Obioma as Registrar/Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council.

 

Mr Azeez Sani,Head, Information and Public Relations Division of the council made this known to newsmen in Abuja on Friday.

 

He said 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 was for an initial tenure of five years, takes effect from 14th May, 2020.

 

Obioma, a professor of Education Measurement and Evaluation, 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  of NECO, Prof. Obioma was the Ebonyi State Resident Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.

Most Popular

Ntional News Beam.

Categories

Find Us on Facebook

Copyright © 2021 National News Beam, powered by Winnersworld Technnology.

To Top