NECO Candidates Lament Extortion From Officials During Exams

The National Examinations Council (NECO) examination that is going on has been marred by allegations of extortion by teachers and some officials of the examination body as they were asked to pay extra charges to write exams in Bayelsa State.

Candidates writing the NECO exam at Bishop Dimieari Grammar School, Yenagoa, alleged that they paid N500 each to the school management as “examination number allocation fee” which is outrageous. This ugly situation was discovered by the Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Desmond Agu, when he paid a surprised visits to the school to know how the exam is going.

One of the candidates who was seen outside as the English examination was going on made the disclosure after serious questioning by the commandant.

“I don’t have N500 to pay for my exam number. I have so far paid N300 but l was asked to pay the rest before sitting for the English Language exam”, said the candidate.

The NSCDC commandant ordered the examiners to give the candidates the exam question paper and also advised the candidates to henceforth stop paying additional charges to the school authority.

He gave them his telephone number in case of further disturbance from the school.

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