[1] It was the first Federal organization to offer subsidized registration to academic candidates in Nigeria.

NECO was mandated to take over the responsibilities of the National Board of Education Measurement (NBEM).

A team of directors and a registrar are the governing body, which is headed by chair Abubakar Mohammed.

[citation needed] The National Common Entrance Examination is administered to pupils in their 6th year of basic education for admission into Federal Unity Colleges.

The government swiftly debunked those claims by the then minister of education Mr Nyesom Wike.