Akwa Ibom Disputes NECO Performance Report, Says 83 Centres Await Results

The Akwa Ibom State Government has rejected reports alleging poor performance by students from its public schools in the 2026 National Examinations Council (NECO) examinations, saying results from 83 of the 214 examination centres are still being processed.
The Commissioner for Information, Rt. Hon. Aniekan Umanah, described the reports as misleading, saying they were based on a performance chart that was not an official NECO document.
Umanah, in a statement, said although the 2026 NECO results were released on September 24, 2026, the performance chart published by some media organisations did not represent the official data released by the examination body.
He said the chart ranked...