News
Electricity: Group lauds REA for transparent, efficient service delivery
The Association of Rural Electrification Contractors of Nigeria (ARECON) has commended the Managing Director, Rural Electricity Agency (REA), Mr Abba Aliyu, for enhancing transparency and efficiency the agency’s service delivery.
The National Public Relation Officer of ARECON, Mr Rotimi Raheem, gave the commendation in an interview with the on Friday in Abuja.
According to him, it is only unpatriotic individuals that will always want to bring down REA and its management team.
“It is worthy to note that malicious and complete falsehood going on in the social media concerning Rural Electrification Agency will not help the electricity sector.
“ARECON has therefore aligned itself with the lofty ideas of Aliyu in moving the Agency forward in the right direction.
“We therefore advise the general public to shun any form of fake news, misinformation, disinformation and fabricated allegations against the REA.
“We know that in this era of fake news, some regressive minds would want to involve in mischievous endeavours to rundown a progressive individual.
“Such retrogressive minds have become uncomfortable with the open transparency been adopted by Aliyu and his management team in repositioning REA for a greater efficiency and project delivery,’’ Raheem said.
The reports have that Aliyu has over 20 years of experience in energy policy and organisational development.
He also served as General Manager at the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc
His leadership has resulted in securing approval for the $750 million Distributed Access through Renewable Energy Scaleup (DARES) facility from the World Bank.
REA has continued to roll out solar off-grid power solutions and grid extension to millions of unserved and underserved Nigerians.
REA has been successful particularly because of critical partnerships with key Government counterparts and both national and international stakeholders as well as the private sector.
(NAN)
Education
2024 NECO: 60% of candidates pass with five credits
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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