Rattled by students’ poor performance, Akwa Ibom makes false claims against PREMIUM TIMES
PREMIUM TIMES later analysed the state-by-state data and published the complete ranking based on the percentage of candidates who met the five-credit benchmark, rather than the absolute number of successful candidates.
The Akwa Ibom State Government has disputed PREMIUM TIMES’ report placing the state 36th among the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory in the 2026 National Examinations Council (NECO) Senior School Certificate Examination, but has yet to provide the official examination data it says contradicts the ranking.
However, despite repeated requests from PREMIUM TIMES for the official NECO data on which the government based its rebuttal, the government has not provided the document, the performance figures it claims were supplied by NECO, or the list of the 83 affected centres.
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