By Wole Mosadomi

Minna—THE management of the National Examinations Council, NECO, has approved the of the council, creating eight zonal offices and divisions for better service delivery and productivity.

The zonal offices are situated in Ibadan, Enugu, Port Harcourt and Makurdi, Bauchi, Kano, Abuja and Lagos.

Similarly, three new divisions have been created in the Department of Examination Development and are Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, (external), Trade/Entrepreneurial Subjects and Evaluation and Item Banking.

In the Department of Quality Assurance, the new divisions created are Psychometrics, Examination Malpractice and Investigation, and Policy Matters (external).

The three new divisions in the Department of Human Resource Management are Maintenance, Sanitation and Staff Records/Nominal Roll; while Validation and 3rd Year Continuous Assessment, and Operations are the two new Divisions created in the Department of Examination Administration.

In a statement by Head Information and Public Relations, Alhaji Azeez Sani, the Council said the restructuring had also  led to the appointment of eight new zonal coordinators, 37 new state officers, including an Abuja Liaison officer and 45 Divisional Heads.

The zonal coordinators appointed are Dr. Abdullahi Williams – North West (Kano)Mr. Usman Abubakar – North Central (Makurdi)Mr. John Tumba – North East (Bauchi)Dr. Kola Raheem – South West (Ibadan)Mrs. Mariana Ukaegbu – South East (Enugu)Mr. Lucky Ohwonigbo – South South (PortHarcourt)Mr. Mustapha Abdul – (FCT)Mr. Michael Olapade – (Lagos).

The statement added that all appointments take effect from 4th April, 2016.