<Tr> <Th> Chairman </Th> <Td> Dr. Paddy Njoku </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> (1) </Td> </Tr> <P> The National Examinations Council (also known as NECO) is an examination body in Nigeria that conducts the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination and the General Certificate in Education in June / July and December / January respectively . </P> <P> NECO was created by former Head of State Abdulsalami Abubakar in April 1999 . It was the first Federal organization to offer subsidized registration to academic candidates in Nigeria . </P>

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