#EndSARS: NECO announces new exam date for 233,000 candidates disrupted by protest

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By Aiyeku Timothy 

The National Examination Council (NECO) has said the 233,000 candidates who failed to write their examinations due to the #EndSARS crisis will now write the examination in February, alongside external candidates.

This was disclosed by the Head of Information and Public Relations Division of the council Azeez Sani, on Wednesday.

Sani, who spoke in Abuja, stressed the words of the Council Registrar, Prof. Godswill Obioma, while announcing the 2020 results, saying that 12 states were disrupted during the conduct of the examinations as a result of the effects of COVID-19 pandemic and the #EndSARS protests.

Sani said that the affected candidates would now sit for those papers missed during the forthcoming SSCE (External) between Feb. 1 and March 3.

While listing the states affected, including Abia, Enugu, Edo, Rivers, Ondo, Osun, Ekiti, Lagos, Oyo, Kano, Ogun States and FCT, Sani said that the special arrangement was at no extra cost to these candidates.

He added that the affected subjects were Chemistry practical, Economics, Technical Drawing, Food and Nutrition, and Further Mathematics.

Meanwhile, NECO has already released the results of the last examination.

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