The Anambra State Government has dismissed the 2025 PCL State Performance Index (PSPI), describing it as “deeply flawed and misleading” after the state dropped from 8th position in 2024 to 34th.
In a statement released on Friday, September 19, in Awka, the Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Mrs Chiamaka Nnake, accused Philips Consulting Limited (PCL) of using an unscientific and biased methodology in compiling the report.
“By accepted statistical standards, the sample size is invalid. Worse still, 76 per cent of respondents were male, making the data unrepresentative and biased,” Nnake said.
She argued that the survey’s reliance on perception and expenditure data, rather than measurable outcomes, distorted the reality of progress in the state.
According to her, the report ignored key achievements under Governor Charles Soludo’s administration.
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These, she outlined, included free education from nursery to SS3, the recruitment of over 8,100 teachers, and a 27 per cent increase in school enrolment.
Nnake also pointed out that Anambra came first nationally in a 2024 UNICEF-led healthcare challenge, while over 120,000 women had accessed free maternal care in state facilities.
On infrastructure, she highlighted the completion of more than 546 kilometres of roads within three years, alongside several flyovers and strategic bridges delivered across the state.
“It’s unfortunate that in spite of these achievements, PCL ranked Anambra 30th in Health and failed to reflect significant development indicators across key sectors,” she said.
The commissioner urged PCL to adopt more rigorous methodologies for future assessments.
“You cannot sit in Lagos or Abuja and rank states based on the opinions of a few people. This reduces serious governance efforts to mere propaganda,” Nnake added.