President Buhari Reduces Cost of JAMB, NECO Forms

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a reduction in the cost of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board(JAMB) and National Examination Council (NECO) forms.

This was revealed in a statement by the media aide to the president, Bashir Ahmad via his Twitter handle.

This development will bring the cost of JAMB forms to N3,500 from N5,000, and the cost of NECO forms from N11,350 to N9,850.

According to Ahmad, the reduction would be effective from January 2019.

Special assistant to President Buhari on digital media, Tolu Ogunlesi, also said that the minister of education, Adamu Adamu, made the announcement at the federal executive council meeting.

“Minister of Education Adamu Adamu announced this just now at today’s #FECBrief. He said President @MBuhari directed the Ministry to look into the reduction following the significant improvement in revenues being remitted to the Treasury by the Education Agencies,” he tweeted.