The Registrar of the National Examinations Council, NECO, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, has been elected Vice-President of the Association for Educational Assessment in Africa, AEAA.
Nigeria has also secured the right to host the 2027 AEAA Conference in Abuja.
According to the Acting Director of Information and Public Relations at NECO, Mr Azeez Sani, the decisions were endorsed by the AEAA General Assembly at the association’s just-concluded 42nd Conference in Arusha, Tanzania.
The twin developments, he said, reflect the growing recognition of Nigeria’s role in educational assessment, particularly in responding to the demands of digital transformation and the integration of artificial intelligence into testing and certification.
Wushishi’s election follows his service on the AEAA Executive Council as the representative of the West African sub-region.
Since assuming office as NECO Registrar in 2021, he has overseen a series of reforms aimed at modernising examination administration, strengthening the Council’s technological infrastructure and expanding its international reach.
Under his leadership, NECO examinations are now conducted in eight foreign countries, further extending the Council’s footprint beyond Nigeria.
The 2027 AEAA Conference, scheduled for August 16–20, 2027, is expected to provide Nigeria with an opportunity to showcase its ongoing reforms in educational assessment while bringing together policymakers, researchers, examination administrators and education experts from across Africa.
Born on April 5, 1965, in Wushishi, Niger State, Wushishi is a scholar of Science Education, specialising in Chemistry Education.
Before his appointment as NECO Registrar, he pursued an academic career at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, and the Federal University of Technology, Minna, where he held various leadership positions, including Head of Department, Postgraduate Coordinator and Sub-Dean.
His reappointment as NECO Registrar by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu earlier this year was widely regarded as an endorsement of his technological and administrative reforms.
The latest developments in Arusha further strengthen Nigeria’s position within Africa’s educational assessment community and underscore the country’s ambition to play a leading role in shaping the continent’s evolving examination landscape.
