The National Examinations Council (NECO) has warned school owners and other stakeholders to desist from enrolling candidates for its examinations by proxy. 

In a statement from its acting Director, Information and Public Relations, Azeez Sani, the council said it had observed that such fraudulent practice often resulted in identity theft and subsequent parade of fake results. 

Determined to eradicate all forms of examination malpractices, he said that the council had put in place some measures to check impersonation in all its examinations. 

Sani also said that the NECO e-verify, an on-line platform for confirmation/verification of NECO results, was unveiled in 2023 to reduce these infractions, and urged  members of the public to note that any certificate not verified or authenticated, using the NECO e-verify platform, was fake.