By Musa Solomon.
Kogi State Ministry of Education said henceforth any school that Boycotted the Ministry in the registration of National Examination Council (NECO) Examination will be severely sanctioned.
The State Commissioner for Education Hon Wemi Jones made this known on Tuesday during a meeting with some school heads in Lokoja.
He stated that the State Government has invested a lot of funds in Education and will not allow bad elements in the sector to sabotage the gains already made in Education.
The Commissioner who was represented by the Acting Permanent Secretary Mrs. Barikisu Omolayo Onazare noted that the State Government allocation of 30% of the State Annual Budget to Education was to ensure that every child of school going age has access to quality, accessible and affordable education and will not tolerate anyone that wants to draw the hands of the clock back.
According to him, boycotting the Ministry in NECO or any other Examination registration is a serious offense that will not be condoned by the Ministry.
Speaking earlier, the NECO Desk officer Mr. Sunday Baba said some schools in the State deliberately boycotted the Ministry in the 2025 NECO Registration.
He stated that some schools are in the habit of undermining the Ministry and connived with NECO staff in the State to sabotage the Ministry and the State Government.
According to him, the syndicate in the State NECO office will collect half of the money meant for clearance in the Ministry and clear them without clearance from the Ministry.
He noted that this will not be allowed to continue as the Ministry mighty consider writing to NECO to stop the Schools from writing the Examination.
Responding, representative of one of the Schools in attendance Mr Sunday Joseph of Demonstration Standard College, Onyukoko , okene begged for leniency on behalf of the Schools and promised that it will never happen again.
