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    ‎Beyond Percentages: Kano Leads Nigeria In NECO With Nearly 70,000 Passes – ‎By Mukhtar Yahya Usman

    By Mukhtar Yahya UsmanSeptember 27, 2025
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    WHEN the National Examinations Council (NECO) announced the results of the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examinations, the air was filled with debates across the country.
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    ‎Some states celebrated high pass rates, others pointed to raw figures. But one fact stood tall above the noise: Kano State produced more successful candidates than any other state in Nigeria.
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    ‎The Power Of Numbers
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    ‎From the data released by NECO, 136,762 candidates sat for the examinations in Kano State, the highest from any state.
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    ‎Out of this number, 68,159 secured at least five credits, including English and Mathematics.
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    ‎To put this in perspective, one in every 12 successful candidates across Nigeria came from Kano alone.
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    ‎The scale is unmatched. The result cements Kano’s place not just as a centre of commerce, but also as a giant of education.
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    ‎Abia’s Shine Vs Kano’s Strength
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    ‎On the other hand, Abia State grabbed headlines for its high percentage performance.
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    ‎ With 11,260 candidates, Abia recorded 9,381 passes, a remarkable 83.31% pass rate — the highest in the country.
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    ‎But when the debate shifts from percentages to raw numbers, the picture changes dramatically.
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    ‎Kano produced more than seven times the number of successful students that Abia did. In the larger context of Nigeria’s education system, the impact of Kano’s achievement is far greater.
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    ‎Lagos And Oyo In The Race
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    ‎Lagos, with 93,092 candidates, produced 67,007 passes, coming close to Kano. Oyo, with 81,121 candidates, produced 48,742 passes. These are impressive figures, but they still place Kano in the lead.
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    ‎Despite handling the largest candidate population in the country, a challenge in itself, Kano managed to outperform even Lagos by absolute numbers of successful candidates.
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    ‎Why Kano’s Success Matters
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    ‎Education experts argue that percentages alone do not tell the full story. A smaller state may record higher ratios, but its contribution to Nigeria’s human capital remains limited.
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    ‎Kano’s numbers show success at scale, a far more significant measure for a country with a massive youth population.
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    ‎Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has often tied this progress to his administration’s reforms.
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    ‎From recruiting thousands of teachers, to rehabilitating classrooms, increasing education funding, and introducing scholarship schemes, the Yusuf government has made education a top priority.
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    ‎These efforts are not just producing results in statistics, they are opening doors of opportunity for tens of thousands of young people across Kano State.
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    ‎The National Context
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    ‎Out of the 1.36 million candidates nationwide, 818,492 passed with five credits including English and Mathematics.
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    ‎By contributing 68,159 of those passes, Kano’s role is indispensable. The state accounts for more than 8% of all the successful students in Nigeria this year.
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    ‎So while Abia can rightly celebrate its top pass rate, the story of Nigeria’s education in 2025 cannot be told without highlighting Kano.
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    ‎The state has demonstrated that size, access, and success can go hand in hand.
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    ‎In the end, percentages show efficiency, but numbers show impact.
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    ‎And by that measure, Kano stands tall leading the country in the production of successful NECO candidates and proving that reforms in education can deliver results at scale.

    • Usman, a public ommentator writes from Kano.
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