About 69,828 pupils sat for the 2022 National Common Entrance Examination (NECO) for admission into the 110 federal government colleges across the country.
Minister of Education,Adamu Adamu who led top ministry and NECO officials to monitor the exercise in Abuja commended NECO for a Hitch free exercise.
Represented by David Adejo, the acting Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Adamu said over 36,000 female applicants registered for the examination. He however maintained that laid out standards and criteria would strictly be adhered to in the selection of the successful candidates.
On his part, Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi, the Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, NECO, confirmed that Lagos State recorded the highest number of registered candidates for this year’s examination.
Some of the centres visited by the ministry and NECO team include Government Secondary School, Lugbe; Junior Secondary School, Lugbe; and Federal Government College, Kwali, Abuja.
