NOUN and NECO Forge Strategic Partnership to Digitalise Result Verification and Curb Malpractice

• National Examinations Council and National Open University of Nigeria are partnering to improve verification of admission applicants’ results.
• NECO revealed it has an e-verification system that has already verified nearly five million results since its launch two years ago.
• The partnership will also allow NECO to use NOUN’s CBT centres for examinations to help reduce examination malpractice.
• NOUN’s Vice-Chancellor, Uduma Oji Uduma, welcomed the collaboration and highlighted the importance of certificate verification.
• NOUN immediately set up a committee to work with NECO officials and finalize details of the partnership.

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The National Examination Council (NECO) and National Open University of Nigeria have team up on the verification of results of students who intend to seek admission into the university.

This followed the visit of the NECO Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, to the NOUN Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Uduma Oji Uduma, at the headquarters of the university on Tuesday, February 24, 2026 in Abuja.

The visit, as explained by NECO Registrar, was in two folds: first, to congratulate the new Vice-Chancellor on his appointment and to seek collaboration with NOUN as the largest university in sub- saharan Africa by candidate numbers.

He said NECO has developed a software for seamless verification of results, launched two years ago and has verified close to five million results using their e-verify system.

The collaboration with NOUN, according to Prof. Wushishi, will also seek to utilise the NOUN CBT centres for examination services, even as it will help reduce examination malpractice through the use of CBT centres.

The Vice-Chancellor, while responding, expressed his gratitude to Prof. Wushishi and his team and stressed the importance of verification of educational certificates, assuring that NOUN is willing for collaboration..

He thanked the Registrar for acknowledging NOUN’s capacity in CBT exams and ICT.

To show how committed NOUN is willing with the collaboration, Prof. Uduma immediately constituted a committee that will harmonise with NECO officials to finetune the partnership details.

Officials that accompanied the Registrar include: Dr. Ibrahim Peter Alih, SA to the Registrar, Sulieman Adegoke, Director Exams Administration, while on the NOUN side, Principal officers of the university: Prof. Chiedu Mafiana, DVC Academics; Prof. Shehu Adamu, DVC Admin; Prof. Christine Ofulue, DVC TIR; Mr. Oladipo Ajayi, Registrar; Mallam Nasiru Marafa, Bursar and the University Librarian, Prof. Angela Okpala were all present.

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