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“We Only Have one NALCOMA”-President

Published

7 months ago

February 18, 2024

The President of the National League
Club Owners and Managers Association (NALCOMA) Chidi Okonkwo has come out hard on assumed Southern Clubs Conference, saying that they have only one NALCOMA with a well constituted executive.

Okonkwo who is the Chairman Of City FC of Abuja said the group are made up of three or four administrators who are seeking for attention in realm of things.

It could be recalled that the group has accused the NALCOMA executives of taking decisions that affects the clubs without consulting them.

According to the Conference “as much as we respect the rights and privileges of NALCOMA to engage the leadership of the League Body on issues bothering on the general interests of the Clubs, it is our submissions however that the Clubs, particularly through the leadership of the two (2) Conferences should have been duly consulted, briefed and allowed to escalate the debate and accordingly in order to be on same page and more particularly to prevent a seeming embarrassment that the unilateral and dictotarial actions have visited on the Southern Conference Clubs in particular by getting to know and even read for the first time, response of matters on their behalf through social media platforms”.

Responding further on this, the President of NALCOMA said “as duly elected executives of the club owners, we have the right to interface with the League body on issues that affects the generality of the clubs, which we do regularly”.

Continuing Okonkwo who is the former Chairman of Delta Force said “If we are elected, we have all the rights to speak on behalf of the clubs, and there are no division whatsoever in NALCOMA, and there is no way two or three clubs can come up with their personal imaginations and fabricating what is not existing. This is not accepted at all”.

He concluded by advising the individuals to concentrate on bettering the fortunes of their various clubs, and allow NALCOMA executives to carry out its assigned duties.

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2024 NECO: 60% of candidates pass with five credits

Published

6 hours ago

September 19, 2024

The Gleamer

Mariam Sanni

The National Examinations Council, NECO, has released the results of the June/July 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) , with 60.55 percent of candidates securing five credits and above in English Language and Mathematics.

Registrar of NECO, Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, made this known while briefing newsmen at NECO headquarters in Minna, Niger State.

Prof. Wushishi disclosed that a total of 1,376,423 candidates, representing 706,950 males and 669,473 females, registered for the exam.

The NECO boss gave a further breakdown of the results as : “Number of candidates that sat is 1,367,736 representing 702,112 Males and 665,624 females.

” Number of candidates with five Credits and above, including English and Mathematics is 828,284, representing 60.55%.

” Number of candidates with five credits and above, irrespective of English and Mathematics is 1,147,597, representing 83.90%”

On the number of examination malpractice, Wushishi said this year’s figure witnessed a great reduction when compared to last year.

He said: “The number of candidates involved in various forms of malpractice in 2024 is 8,437 as against 12,030 in 2023, which shows a reduction of 30. 1%.”

The registrar, however, revealed that 40 schools were found to be involved in mass cheating during the examination.

” During the conduct of the 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE), 40 schools were found to have been involved in whole school (mass) cheating in 17 states. They will be invited to the Council for discussion, after which appropriate sanctions will be applied. One school in Ekiti was recommended for de-recognition for mass cheating in two core subjects and 01 Science subject.

” Similarly, 21 Supervisors were recommended for blacklisting due to poor supervision, aiding and abetting, abscondment, extortion, drunkenness, and negligence, in 12 states.”

He urged candidates who sat for the examination to visit the NECO website to access their results.

” At this juncture, I wish to formally declare that the 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) Internal is hereby released to the public. By this release, candidates can now access their results on the NECO website:www.neco.gov.ng using their examination registration number,” Wushishi said.

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