National Business and Technical Examinations Board
Examination board in Nigeria
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The National Business and Technical Examinations Board were established in 1992 to domesticate the examinations which were being conducted by the London Royal Society of Arts (RSA), City and Guild (C&G) of London and the West African Examinations Council's technical and business examinations and to tailor them towards the needs of the Nigerian society by the provisions of the National Policy on Education. The establishment of the board came as a result of over 15 years of battle for the establishment from 1977 to 1992 and four Government Panels was set up at different times to review the position and structure of public examinations in Nigeria's educational system. NABTEB was the first Federal organization to offer subsidized registrations to academic candidates in Nigeria.
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Administration
NABTEB is headed by a Chief Executive Registrar, Ifeoma Mercy Isiugo-Abanihe, she was appointed by president Muhammadu Buhari under section 9(1) of its establishing Act.