Nigeria Scraps Exam Board and Other Agencies

In a bid to streamline agencies of government and reduce the cost of governance, the government has scrapped the National Examinations Council and the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board of powers to conduct examinations into tertiary institutions.

Students taking exams.

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