State Coordinator, NECO Pays Courtesy Visit To Maigari Of Lokoja, Pledges To Put Up His Best Upholding Core Values Of Examination Body
….. Says he will continue to Embark On Visits To create Awareness To The Public
By Abubakar Suleman
The Maigari Of Lokoja, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambo Kabir, Maikarfi 1V has commended the new state Coordinator of the National Examination Council (NECO), Kogi state, Mr. Thadeus Ajabu for embarking on public enlightenment informing the public about the importance of NECO in the state.
It would be recalled that Mr. Ajabu had visited several ministries, parastatals, agencies and various communities to create awareness to parents and students for them to know that National Examination council (NECO) has long been duelly registered and recognized in Nigeria and African countries.
Maigari made the commendation while recieving the State Coordinator of NECO, Thadeus Ajabu on Saturday at his Royal palace in Lokoja, Kogi State.
Mr. Ajabu’s visit to the monarch’s palace is to introduce himself as the newly posted state Coordinator and also to seek collaboration with the traditional institution in the area that could enhance the body’s operational efficiency in the state.
According to him, “The future of this country is in our hands, whatever we turn out as finished products through national examination, is what our tertiary institutions will admit because they must admit students if they don’t want to close down.
“You owe it a duty to give us the best for the sake of our future. I am just knowing much about your Examination council, we use to know about WAEC, because during our time in the secondary school, it was WAEC examination but well, I’m happy that NECO is now generally accepted in Six Africa countries, he stressed.
Earlier, the new state Coordinator of NECO, Kogi state office , Mr. Thadeus Ajabu thanked the Maigari Of Lokoja, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambo Kabir for the reception given to the delegation, He said the general believe of the public was a wrong perception about NECO, saying the National Examination Council has not only been accepted all over the country, but in Six African countries.
“We are glad with our revered father’s blessings and I promised to continue to embarked on visiting the market women, traders, farmers and fishermen around the communities in kogi state to inform them about the importance, and why there children should write NECO Examination, We are not folding arms because of the importance and strategic position we find ourselves.
Mr. Ajabu called for the collaboration of His Royal Highness, other stakeholders, according to him, ‘NECO needs the cooperation of everybody to succeed’.
He commended the Registrar/CE of NECO, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi for his administrative acumen saying he has commissioned several permanent office complexes in different states in the country, adding that the permanent office in Lokoja, Kogi state is about to be completed and will be commissioned soon, he said.
The state Coordinator promised to give out five NECO examination forms to Maigari of Lokoja to register any less privileges students in the community adding that some parents may not be financially bouyant to pay for their wards.
He noted that since he assumed office, he has paid courtesy visit to the commissioner of police, DSSS, Schools, state and federal Ministries and parastatals, and other agencies, to inform them about the importance of NECO.
He however thanked His Royal Highness for the opportunity given to him to pay the visit, his admonition and his readiness to support the Examination council to achieve success just as he pledged to put up his best by upholding the core values of the examination body. towards the realization of its vision and mission.
