DIPLOMAN TIMES

Ebonyi was reported to have recorded an 81.03 per cent performance in the 2026 NECO SSCE state data, placing it second among the listed states, while Governor Francis Nwifuru separately identified a road connecting communities around Nkaleke and PRESCO Campus for construction.

The reported 2026 NECO state-by-state performance data rank Ebonyi second among the listed states, with 81.03 per cent of candidates obtaining at least five credits including English Language and Mathematics. Abia was listed first at 81.78 per cent, while Ekiti, Delta, Osun, Lagos, Oyo, Imo, Bayelsa and Ogun completed the top ten presented in the source.

The Ebonyi publication also highlighted Urban Model Secondary School, Abakaliki, which was reported to have achieved the same 81.03 per cent benchmark. The publication linked the reported result to the provision of teaching and learning materials, a conducive school environment and teacher motivation, while crediting the state administration's broader attention to development.

Separately, Governor Nwifuru undertook a drive around Abakaliki Capital City and its environs to identify areas requiring attention. During the inspection, he identified the Igwe-Okpu Ohainya Nkaleke-Unuphu-PRESCO Campus road as an area requiring intervention.

The Governor subsequently addressed residents in the area and assured them that the road would be constructed to connect the communities to the city centre. The source describes the road commitment within a wider infrastructure programme involving completed and ongoing projects in parts of Ebonyi State, particularly efforts aimed at opening rural areas to development.

The two developments place education performance and physical connectivity alongside each other in the latest Ebonyi reporting. The NECO figures provide a reported education outcome, while the road commitment represents a stated infrastructure intervention whose implementation remains the next stage to be observed.