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NECO Extends SSCE 2022 Registration When Exam Commences June 27

The National Council on Examinations (NECO) has extended the deadline for candidate registration for the 2022 Higher School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for school-based candidates.

The deadline that was previously set for Monday, May 30, has now been extended to midnight on Monday, June 20, 2022.

Azeez Sani, the head of the examining body’s information and public relations division, announced the extension in a statement on Monday.

However, Sani did not give specific reasons for the extension, but insisted that the new deadline will be sacrosanct.

The release added that the exam is scheduled to begin on June 27, 2022 and end on Friday, August 12, 2022.

The statement is read in parts; “State ministries of education, directors, commanders and all stakeholders are urged to note that there will be no further extension after that.

“The 2022 NECO High School Certificate Examination (SSCE) will begin on June 27, 2022 and end on Friday, August 12, 2022.”

The statement further noted that candidates must be tested on 76 subjects in the exam.

School-based candidates are currently taking part in the ongoing West African Higher School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) which is conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC).

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NEC to decide on fuel subsidy removal in June

January 21, 2022 No Comments

The National Economic Council (NEC) has said it will only take a decision on the removal of subsidy on petroleum products in June when provisions made for its payment in the 2022 budget expires.

NEC, at its first meeting of the year held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday, chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, said though conversations on subsidy removal had been ongoing, the council was yet to take a position on it.

NEC, which comprises of the VP and the 36 state governors, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, Minister of Finance and Budget Planning, Zainab Ahmed, and some select federal ministers, said it would use the intervening period to consult widely so as to come up with a position that would be acceptable to all Nigerians.

Ahmed had announced last year that the Federal Government would remove subsidy in the second quarter of this year, with the announcement causing a lot of furore in the country as the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), vowing to mobilize Nigerian workers to embark on a massive strike to protest the proposed subsidy removal.

While fielding questions from State House Correspondents after the NEC meeting, Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule, said the provision for payment of subsidy was made in the 2022 budget only until June and NEC would only take a stand when the budget provision ends.