FG SCRAPS NECO, UTME, OTHERS

Based on the recommendations of the Presidential Committee on the Rationalization and Restructuring of Federal Government Parastatals last night, the Federal Government may have resolved to scrap some agencies such as the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UMTE), National Examination Council (NECO), Public Complaints Commission, National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) and the Fiscal Mobilization and Allocation Commission among others.

 With the scrapping of the UTME, individual universities in the country would conduct their own admission examinations and admit students while the Joint Matriculation and Examination Board will set and ensure compliance to standards as it acts as the clearing house.

The committee had recommended the abolition of 38 agencies, the merger of 52 and the reversion of 14 to departments in the ministries because they believe it would save the government more than N862 billion between 2012 and 2015.