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The National Business and Technical Examinations Board ( NABTEB) has announced the release of its May / June 2018 examination results. It said 32 ,697 of the 54 ,480 candidates who sat for the 2018 ordinary level National Technical Certificate (NTC ) and National Business Certificate Examination (NBCE ) scored five credits and above in English Language and Mathematics.
Registrar and Chief Executive of NABTEB , Professor Ifeoma Isiugo -Abanihe , disclosed this at the weekend in Benin City Edo State , while announcing the results.She explained that candidates enrolled for 16 Engineering Trades , seven Construction Trades, nine Miscellaneous Trades, four Business Trades and 18 General Education subjects .
“ Comparatively, this performance is a slight improvement over the previous year ’ s NBC /NTC examinations where 33 ,712 candidates had five credits and above including English and Mathematics.
“ Also 842 candidates were involved in examination malpractice representing 1 .54 per cent of the total number of candidates . Three states- Bayelsa, Borno and Edo did not record cases of examination malpractice ,” she stated .
Meanwhile , the National Council on Niger Delta rose from its national meeting in Umuahia , Abia State at the weekend , urging other Niger Delta states to adopt the Abia State Education for Employment ( E 4 E ) Programme.Under the E 4 E Programme coordinated by Endi Ezengwa , formerly of Kiara College in the United Kingdom , youths were trained in vocational education to acquire requisite industry skills .
After their training , they would qualify not only for employment in the industries but equipped to set up their own businesses and become employers of labour.The meeting, which started last Monday , was organised by the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs at the International Conference Centre, Umuahia with the theme : Fostering Synergy and Institutional Coordination for Development of the Niger Delta Region, had 54 participating members from the nine Niger Delta states.
Relevant federal and state ministries , departments and agencies (MDAs ) , representatives of development partners , civil society organisations ( CSOs ) and international oil companies also attended the event .
Although , Minister of Niger Delta Affairs , Usani Uguru Usani , attended the parley , no governor of the Niger Delta states attended the meeting despite the repeated media announcements that they would attend.However , Abia State Governor , Okezie Ikpeazu was represented by his deputy , Ude Oko Chukwu , at the opening ceremony , while Vice President Yemi Osinbajo , who was expected on Thursday , also failed to attend the meeting without cogent reasons .