The Governing Board of the National Examinations Council has approved the dismissal of 19 staff from her service for certificate forgery.

This is contained in a statement signed by the Head, Information and Public Relations Division of the council Azeez Sani.

According to the statement, A Staff Certificate Verification Committee constituted by the Management carried out its assignment by inviting some staff with questionable credentials to appear before it.

The committee also contacted the Schools and Institutions which the affected staff claimed to have attended and the Schools and Institutions denied having certificated them.

It would be recalled that the Governing Board had at its 17th Extra-Ordinary meeting in November 2019, also approved the dismissal of 70 staff for Certificate forgery.