The Registrar/Chief Executive of the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB), Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe, said that, NABTEB cannot remit money to the Federation Account like the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) because of low enrolment of candidates for its examination.

Prof Isiugo-Abanihe, at the weekend in Bénin City, Edo State, while briefing reporters on the releases of the May/June 2018 NBC/NTC examinations, said the fund it generated was not enough to run its affairs.

Abanihe, who was silent on how much the body remitted to the Federation Account since she came on board, said huge sums of money was used to execute the conduct of examinations.

The NABTEB boss added that certificates issued by the examination body are now accepted for admission into School of Nursing Programmes across the country.

Abanihe stated that 32,697 candidates out of 54,752 that sat for the examination scored five credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics (representing 59.72 per cent).

She said 45,721 candidates scored five credits and above with or without English Language and Mathematics, representing 83.51 per cent of the candidates that sat for the same examinations.

She said she was determined to remove other obstacles to the acceptance of the certificates by institutions.

Prof. Abanihe identified Bayelsa, Borno and Edo as states where the body failed to record examination malpractices in the just-concluded May/June 2018 NBC/NTC examinations.

She said the body recorded 842 cases of malpractices while the culprits were dealt with accordingly.