The National Examinations Council (NECO) has warned school owners and candidates to avoid registration of candidates by proxy.
The examination body said anyone found to have engaged in this illegal act risks withholding and cancellation of their results.
NECO gave the warning in a statement yesterday in Minna, the Niger State capital, by its Director of Information and Public Relations, Azeez Sani.
The statement warned school owners and other stakeholders to desist from enrolling candidates for its examinations by proxy.
It stressed that such a practice often resulted in identity theft and subsequent parade of fake results.
“Determined to eradicate all forms of examination malpractice, the council has put in place some measures to check impersonation in all its examinations.
“Some of the measures include the use of biometric data capturing device, use of customised answer booklets and embossing of photograph and date of birth of candidates on the original certificates. Also, the NECO e-Verify, an online platform for confirmation/ verification of NECO results was unveiled last year.
“Members of the public are enjoined to note that, any certificate purported to have been issued by the Council, and which cannot be verified or authenticated using the NECO e-Verify platform, is fake,” the statement read.
NECO urged states’ ministries of education and other school owners to ensure that only personal details of genuine candidates are used for registration in all the examinations it conducts.