Anambra faults PCL report, criticising its flawed methodology and weak sampling in rating the state as underperforming in 2025
Anambra faults PCL report following the release of the 2025 State Performance Index, challenging the accuracy and integrity of the assessment by Philips Consulting Limited.
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The Anambra State Government has strongly rejected the PCL report that ranked it among the worst-performing states in Nigeria, citing “flawed methodology, weak sampling, and biased inferences.”
Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Chiamaka Nnake, issued a scathing statement on Friday, condemning the report as misleading and lacking professional rigour.
According to her, the report’s negative portrayal of Anambra risks tarnishing the credibility of PCL itself.
The focus keyword Anambra faults PCL report featured prominently in the commissioner’s response, where she questioned the legitimacy of using just 78 respondents to represent a state of over six million people.
She pointed to glaring statistical flaws, including an unbalanced gender distribution—76% of those surveyed were male.
Nnake argued that while serious international organisations such as UNICEF, Gates Foundation, and NGF have ranked Anambra among the best-performing states, PCL’s results placed it near the bottom without adequate explanation.
She cited recent achievements in education, healthcare, and infrastructure as evidence of real progress.
“We’ve implemented free education up to SS3, increased school enrolment by over 25%, and hired 8,115 teachers transparently,” Nnake said.
Healthcare improvements, she added, have been equally transformative.
“Our state leads in primary healthcare outcomes and has introduced free antenatal and delivery services benefiting over 120,000 women.”
In infrastructure, the state has awarded over 842 kilometres of road projects, with 546 kilometres completed and significant dual carriageways underway.
Nnake described the rating process as superficial and perception-based, accusing PCL of making sweeping conclusions without adequate ground validation or stakeholder engagement.
“You cannot sit in Lagos or Abuja and rank states based on what a handful of people ‘think’,” she added.
The commissioner called on Philips Consulting to “embrace robust statistical methods, field engagement, and impartial analysis” if it wants to be taken seriously in the area of state performance ranking.
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With this bold rebuttal, Anambra has drawn a line in the sand, challenging the culture of questionable data-driven ratings that fail to reflect lived realities or measurable outcomes.
