PROFILE: All You Need To Know About The 67-Year-Old NECO Registra, Godswill Obioma

While men slept on Monday night, tragedy struck at the residence of Registrar of the National Examinations Council (NECO) Professor Godswill Obioma in Minna, Niger State capital.

According to the deceased’s widow, Mrs Elizabeth Obioma “the assassins came in and killed him and left without taking anything.”

All You Need To Know About The 67-Year-Old NECO Registrar, Godswill Obioma 

The Abia State-born Godswill Obioma is a Nigerian Professor, creative researcher, and scholar. He was appointed the Registrar of the National Examination Council (NECO).

In 1975, the late NECO Registra graduated from Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education where he studied mathematics and physics, graduating with distinction and as the overall best graduating student.

In 1979, Godswill graduated from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where he studied mathematics and education, graduating as the best graduating student. In 1982, he graduated with a master's degree in educational measurement and evaluation in the same university.

In 1985, he furthered in the same university and graduated with a doctorate degree in the same field, and won the vice chancellor's award for the best doctoral dissertation.

Godswill Obioma's Career Profile

In 1979, Obioma began his career at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka as a research fellow, after previously been retained by the same institution when he graduated. He left the university in 1988 and moved to the University of Jos and became the head of the research division of the institute of education as a senior research fellow.

In 1991 at the age of 38, he was appointed a professor of mathematics education and evaluation at the University of Jos, becoming the head of a department, department of science, mathematics, and technology education in 1993. He served as the special assistant on policy monitoring and evaluation to the military administrator of Abia State in 1994.[3]

Obioma served as the director, monitoring, and evaluation of the National Primary Education Commission, Kaduna from 1994 to 2000 before becoming the director, monitoring, and evaluation of, Universal Basic Education Programme, Abuja in 2000.

He served as the director, monitoring, research, and statistics, National Board for Technical Education (NABTEB), Benin City from 2003 to 2005.

He served as a special assistant to the minister of education, before serving for two terms as the executive secretary, Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council, Sheda, Abuja from March 2005. He joined Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, becoming the Resident Electoral Commissioner of Ebonyi State.

Godswill Obioma's Appointment As NECO Registrar

On May 22nd, 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari approved the appointment of Professor Godswill Obioma as Registrar/Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council (NECO) for a five years tenure to replace Abubakar Gana from 14 May 2020 in a letter with Reference No: FME/PS/396/C1/1/134 and signed by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu.

Personal Life

Professor Godswill Obioma was married to Elizabeth Obioma with children. His hobbies include lawn tennis, writing, reading and listening to Gospel music at leisure hours.