{
  "id": 6845347,
  "title": "NECO must no longer be treated as second choice",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/neco-must-no-longer-be-treated-as-second-choice",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-12T01:57:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/neco-must-no-longer-be-treated-as-second-choice/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The recent controversy surrounding the 2026 Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results has once again exposed some fundamental questions about Nigeria’s examination system. More importantly, it has provided an opportunity for the country to reconsider the position of its own national examination institution, the National Examinations Council (NECO).…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}