The wait is over after waiting for years for your NECO Exam and the next step is how to collect your original NECO certificate. The article will provide updated info on getting it and other things you should know.
Before the release of the original certificate, The National Examination Council allows students to have access to an official document of their NECO result which they can use for job application and admission at home and abroad.
To confirm the validity of the result in case the original certificate s not yet ready, there is also a system put in place called NECO e-Verify. This is an online tool that can be used to check and confirm NECO exam results for candidates anytime and from anywhere. This can be accessed by schools, organizations, and other establishments.
When will NECO release my original certificate?
The NECO certificate can be collected after 4 years of the examination. However, your examination result slip can be used pending the time you get the original certificate. Also, if there is any reason for a 3rd party to doubt the authenticity of the result, the NECO e-verify would help confirm the originality of the result slip.
The council is also working around the clock to adjust the waiting period. In a few years to come, it could drop to one to two years.
Requirements for Collection of NECO Certificate
Below are what you need for the collection of your NECO original result:
- Court Affidavit
- NECO Photo card
- One passport-size photograph
- An ID card
- NECO result printout
- A small fee payable to NECO
NECO Result and Certificate payment details.
If you wrote your exam as a school candidate, simply go to your school for payment. Most times, it would have been collected alongside the fees you paid for the NECO Exam.
Below is the breakdown of the fees for NECO private candidates, otherwise known as NECO GCE candidates:
- Printing out of NECO result costs ₦1,250
- Payment for collection of the NECO certificate costs ₦200.
How to make payment for the NECO Certificate
Below will give you detailed information on how to pay for the NECO result and certificate:
- Simply visit the NECO dedicated payment page for all services – https://payments.neco.gov.ng/payment
- Click “SSCE External” from the categories/list.
- Search among the list under it for the one you want to pay for. For the certificate, it costs ₦200 as already stated.
- Make payment by using your preferred payment option. Understand that the payment is non-refundable. Therefore, always pick the right category.
- Print out the receipt after payment.
How to collect the NECO Certificate
To collect your NECO, you will need to visit the NECO State Office where you sat for the examination. You should go with every document listed on this page including the printout of your payment receipt.
If you wrote in another state, you can always confirm through any of their social network pages to know if it is available for pickup. NECO can also be reached via their Twitter page, https://twitter.com/Neconigeria for more information.
The certificate need to be relies on time because some organization did not know that it take up to four years to get the certificate.
We can also understand but NECO have proimised to reduce the waiting time soon. Thank you
i just paid for my NECO certificate but do not know how to get the certicate.
The question is when did you write the NECO that you just paid for? That will tell you whether your certificate is available for Pick UP. Thank You
If I bring this documents , will I be able to collect the certificate the same day?
It is possible to collect it as long as it is in the same state you wrote the exam
in a case of there’s no state of origin of the candidate on the neco’s result
what can be done in such a case?
It is best to visit any NECO Office close to you to rectify your profile. Endeavour to go along with Certificate of State of Origin and other necessary documents pertaining to the exam. Thank you
I wrote my NECO Exam in ilorin kwara state 2008,can I collect the original certificate in abuja here
Yes, you will be able to collect your original certificate in Abuja.
good morning, I want to confirm whether NECO 2022 external certificate is ready orning,
It is not ready. Thank you.
I wrote my NECO Exam at Ajagbe High School Iperu Remo, Ogun State in the year 2012. Where can I collect the NECO Certificate? Is it from the School I wrote my NECO Exam or NECO State Office.
That will depend on whether you are a school or external candidate. If you wrote as a student of the school, you can get the certificate from the school. If not, you can go to any NECO office to obtain your certificate.
Thank you.
Is it compulsory to go to the school if I wrote the exam as an internal
Or I can get it from Neco
If you are an internal student, your certificate is usually sent to the school you wrote the exam. If you are an external student, you can apply for the certificate in any of their offices.
However, you can always reach out to the office if they can help you send to the state you are. Besides, you will also be able to get information on whether the certificate is ready or not.
is NECO 2020 original certificate out now?
It should be out by now. Visit the Neco office for confirmation.
I wrote my NECO in 2003 in Imo state .I want to know where I can pick up my original results or certificates
You can pick it up at Neco Office in the state you are currently in. Thank you.
I wrote my Neco external in 2019 in Ogun state,please what are the necessary documents information to take along to the Neco office to complete my certificate
You will need Court Affidavit, NECO Photo card, One passport-size photograph, An ID card, NECO result printout, and a fee payable to NECO. Thank you.
please sir/ma
i wrote neco in my secondary school 5 years ago. i was told that i could get my certificate from my school.
please i want to know if i will be paying any other fee to my school and neco.
please clear my doubts
Yes, there is a small money to be paid for collection of certificate. This will be paid to your school or NECO Office directly depeding on whether you are internal or external candidate.
pls the court affidavit, what type of affidavit is that I don’t understand it
The same one (affidavit to the said correction which could be for correction of names) usually provided at the Court. The document is to be tendered along with other requirements
I did my NECO since 2001, I want to know if I can still get my certificate from my school since I was an internal student or do school return the certificate if not claimed on time.
Yes, the certificate can still be gotten. You should check with your first. If not available, then it must have been resturned to NECO Office.
The thing is I don’t know of I was registered as an internal or external student, but I did put on uniform and wrote exam with them in 2016. Can I get the certificate on my own? Because the person that registered me is demanding ₦15,000
If you put on school uniform, then you were registered as an internal candidate. Go to the school you wrote your exam and get your certificate.
Thank you
Good evening sir, I lost my original neco result in year 2008, please can I reapply for it?
For clarity, is it really result or certificate? However, understand that NECO does not reissue certificate but you can always reprint your result. alsp, attestation of result can be applied for at the office. that will give you a better claim.
I need my neco 2020 Certificate they are telling me is not out yet and I need it seriously what can I do now
Certificate at times do take time but you can always use the statement of result. Thank you.
I wrote my Neco as internal at ilesa and work doesn’t permit me to go back and collect and I’m right now in osogbo so can I collect it at office….
If your certificate is ready, they would have sent it to the school you wrote the exam. Thank you.
pls can I get pdf format of my neco certificate
No, you cant. However, you can collect the original certificate and then convert to PDF.
I have collected my certificate already but due to relocation I lost it.
how and where can I retrieve it
WAEC does not replace certificate but what you can get is a WAEC Attestation of Result. Thank you.
Hi, how do we verify whether our NECO certificate is ready and has been sent to our secondary schools.
I wrote the exam in 2020
Neco Certificate is usually released 4 years later. If you wrote in 2020, then there is possibility that your certificate ready or will be ready later this year. Thank you.
Hello please I wrote my NECO 2017 in Benin and I haven’t gotten my certificate, please how do I get it ? Has it been sent to the school already ? I wore inform with the school when I wrote the exam with them , I was attending the school but I came just for exam
The certificate should be ready by now and be at the school you wrote the exam.
Please how do i access my neco original certificate online?
Secondly where is neco office located in Lagos state?
Neco office is at 2, Coker Road, Ilupeju, Lagos or NO.1 Oyetola Idowu Street, off Sura Mogaji Street, Ilupeju.
Please, I wrote Neco and Waec in 2022, please can I use the Neco for admission this year without the certificate or I should just use Waec since my Waec certificate is out.
Of course, you will be able to use the statement of result for admission purpose. Thank you.
I wrote my neco exam 2019, I’m an external student but I was posted to a school to write the exam where will I get my original result
If you are an external student, you can get the original the from Neco Office.
I wrote my Neco exam 2014 as internal candidate now after 9years coming back to get the result my principal said Neco omitted my result so how can I get my Neco result
Go to NECO Office and complain. As long as you are yet to collect it, they will procure it for you.
I wrote my exam in osun state can i get my original result in kwara state
Sure, you can. The original can be tranferred to your current state. Visit NECO Office.
pls I wrote NECO GCE in 2007,where and how can I get my certificate .thanks
Go to the NECO Office in your current state.
Greetings, pls I wrote my NECO exams in Jos, plateau State, in 2002. Presently I am not in Jos. Please how can I get the original certificate and what are the requirements it’s urgent. And how soon can it been gotten. Thank you.
Go to NECO office in your current state and request it from there. The same certificate will be transferred to wherever you are in Nigeria.
please,the school I wrote my NECO is demanding for 25 thousand naira (it’s a private school) and somebody at the cafe said he can do it for me for 9 thousand naira
I asked him if it would be original and he said yes
please it is possible to do it at a cybercafe
I would advise you to go to the school you wrote the exam to avoid any form of hanky panky. Thank you.
Greetings!
I want to get my Neco certificate but had no idea what requirement is needed. I’m only with my printed result, checking your site to see the requirements which I didn’t have with me. I can’t access those document because I’m not at my residence.
Could any help be rendered or I have to get all the required list?
Visit the NECO Office in your state of residence. Thank you.
Good day sir,
Is neco certification go 2021/2022 available?
And how can I get it sir !!
Neco cert for 2021/2022 is not yet ready. Thank you.
I wrote neco 2009 at Ebenezer Noble college as external student, I got admission into Higher Institution and i went to neco office to ask for my certificate and they said its not ready as at 2012 and now I’m done with my Bsc Degree and they are requesting i present the original certificate of My Neco before i can collect my certificate.
Please where can i go is it the school or the Neco office in that region? i would appreciate your urgent response
2009 is a long time for a NECO cert not to be ready, i am sure there is an issue somewhere else. Probably the person who attended to you was very lazy to help you with your plight. Besides, the cert should be at NECO Office by now being an external student..
I would addvise you to call them out on Twitter.
Thank you for the information. How can I get my original result sent overseas?
That will be by proxy. You can send a third party or relative to collect on your behalf. However, they will need a a copy of your ID or international passport to procure it from NECO alongside other requirements.
Good evening
Please where is NECO office in Kwara state?
Along Permanent Site University of Ilorin, Tanke Oke-Odo, Ilorin, Kwara State
Is it possible to get neco certificate from neco office as an internal student and what are the requirements?
Normally, as an internal student, you are supposed to get your certificate from the school you wrote your exam but you could still give it a try by visiting the NECO Office near you.
my cousin wrote NECO 2016 but the school is not existing again how can he get his certificate?
Vist NECO Office and make your complaint. If the school is not existing again, then you should be able to get it from their office as long as it was released.
pls can I get my neco certificate through online
No, you can not but you can send someone to obtain it for you from their office
Good Afternoon Sir, I did my neco 2020 will the original neco result or certificate be out by now
I did it at ilorin, can I obtain the original at any neco office in Lagos am not in ilorin right now
My second question sir I want to obtain DE form and am ask to bring my original neco result along
What can I do sir
Yes, you will be able to obtain it any state you are. Go to Neco office in Lagos and get it. The original neco result should be available by now, and it can be transfer from ilorin office to lagos office for collection.
Thamk you.
please I wrote neco exam like the Gce type in Lagos, I wasn’t a member of the school it was just a center where I did the exam .
please I want to know if I can collect my original neco results here in Benin if possible, please what’s the process in getting it here in benin, because I don’t stay in Lagos anymore.
If you wrote as an external student, you will be able to collect it in benin
I wrote my exam at benin at 2012,but on getting there this year the school is not functioning anymore,am now back too ondo state,how can i get it and i need it urgently
Go to the Neco Office in your state, they should have it or have it tranferred from wherever your certificate is
I wrote NECO in my school in Lagos but I’m currently in port harcourt I can go to ur office in port harcourt to get it instead of going back to Lagos because I relocated
Yes, you can get it in Port Harcout. Go to Neco Office in the state and they will make the request on your behalf.
I have collected my original neco result slip. I need only the certificate. What do I do?
Go to any NECO Office in your location to collect it. When going, please do go with your photocard and printed result as well.
I wrote my neco in 2020, is the certificate ready?
Yes, it is out. Visit the Neco office.
Is the original neco result for 2021 out because my school keep insisting it is out hence they won’t collect my statement of result
Go to any Neco office around you to get the original.
I lost my original certificate. I wrote as an internal student 2001. I read of recent that I can get a reprint for 50k. Is applicable to person like me that wrote many back?
It is not applicable to you. However, go to Neco Office and request a replacement certificate which is as valid as the original
please I wrote GCE neco as an external candidate in 2023..now the issue is I’m processing my admission. The school requested for statement of result signed. Now the neco result isn’t signed… what do you think I do. I wanted to go to the neco office today to see if I’ll be able to get the certificate at least that’ll be signed buh this four years thing now I don’t think it’ll be ready. please what do I do?