Nigeria, May 23 -- Despite glaring evidence, Akwa Ibom State Government has refuted a media report that said it has received N653.6 billion as revenue in the first three months of 2025.

The State Commissioner for Information, Aniekan Umanah, made the rebuttal in reaction to a publication by a newspaper in the state.

The newspaper, theMail in its Tuesday edition ran a story with a banner headline, "Akwa Ibom Govt gets N653.6 billion revenue in first three months of 2025". The report said the government has spent 199.6 billion.

Citing the state government's 2025 first quarter Budget Performance Report (BPR), the newspaper provided details on how it arrived at N653.6 billion as the total revenue and N199.6 billion as the total expenditure...