The National Examinations Council (NECO) has said it has paid the allowances of all 72,138 examiners engaged as ad-hoc staff in the 2024 School-based Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE). This was contained in a statement to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday by the Acting Director, Information and Public Relations of NECO, Azeez Sani. Sani said the Council had commenced payment of the examiners’ allowances on Oct. 4, on a bank basis, noting that this was to ensure easy reconciliation as well as avoid clumsiness in the payment process. He urged the public to dissuade from stories making the…