Bauchi Gov Okays N314m For 2023 NECO, UTME Fees

Bauchi State governor Bala Mohammed has approved the release of N299 million for the payment of 2023 National Examination Council fees (NECO) for all the index students in public secondary schools across the state.

This was disclosed by the secretary to the state government (SSG) Barrister Ibrahim Kashim while speaking with journalists yesterday in Bauchi. He said the governor also approved the payment of The Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) fees of over N15 million for 2,365 candidates who passed mock examination conducted recently.

Ibrahim said that the gesture was to support the educational pursuit of the students to guarantee their future. He added that the governor was also able to offset over N800 million backlog of NECO fees under his administration’s Education Development Initiative.

On her part, the commissioner for education, Dr Jamila Muhammad Dahiru noted that the state government has approved the establishment of Emirate Council Committee on Education in a bid to reduce the rate of out of school children across the state.

Dahiru explained that membership of the committee which include traditional title holders, civil society organizations and development partners are to deepen advocacy on the need to enroll more pupils into schools.