The National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) was established under the Decree No.
The Decree (Act) mandated NABTEB with the responsibility to conduct Technical and Business Innovation certificate examinations hitherto being conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), London Royal Society of Arts, City and Guilds of London.
It was established during the regime of Nigeria's former military Head of State, general Ibrahim Babangida.
NABTEB was the first Federal organization to offer subsidized registrations to academic candidates in Nigeria.
NABTEB is headed by a Chief Executive Registrar, Ifeoma Mercy Isiugo-Abanihe, she was appointed by president Muhammadu Buhari under section 9(1) of its establishing Act.