REVEALED: How Much States Were Able To Generate In 2014

The newly published list of the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of states in the country by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), reveals that Lagos remains the most self-sufficient  state with IGR of N275,163,978,675.95.

Rivers is the next most viable state with IGR of N89,112,448,347.58, which is N186 billion less than the Lagos figure, while Delta state ranks third, generating N42,819,209,025.24.

The list is for IGR generated in 2014. The NBS also released figures for 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. The figures were seen from a downloaded PDF file.

The list does not reveal the IGRs of 13 states and they are: Abia, Adamawa, Borno, Cross River, Ebonyi, Edo, Gombe, Jigawa, Kano, Kwara, Ondo, Taraba and Yobe.

Meanhile Zamfara had the least IGR with N3,149,630,553.98 next is Ekiti with N3,462,341,448.32; and Kebbi with N3,834,143,641.95.

Other states generated revenues as follows: Enugu, N19,250,345,593; Ogun, N17,497,620,787.52; Oyo, N16,307,233,700.22; Akwa Ibom, N15,676,502,423.00; Kaduna, N12,782,522,514.51; Anambra, N10,4853,453,184.87.

Others were Benue, N8284,426,160.72; Plateau, N8,284,425,159.92; Imo, N8,115,751,385.95; Kogi, N6,569,928,653.47; Katsina, N6,223,037,599; Niger, N5,737,185,035.88; and, Sokoto, N5,617,763,260.38.

The figures for each state are an addition of the PAYE, direct assessments, road taxes and other unnamed revenues.

You can view the view the figures HERE.

For months now, state workers have been complaining of months of unpaid salaries and allowances. Many governor have blamed the situation on the dwindling federal  allocations.

Meanwhile analysts have said the failure of states to generate internal revenue could be blamed as the reason why workers salaries have not been paid.

To manage the dwindling financial resources in states, some governors and state lawmakers have began taking a paycut so as to use their allowances to pay staffs.

Governor Muhammadu Umaru Jibrilla Bindo of Adamawa state has promised to take a paycut while, Nasir El-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, says he would cut his and his deputy, Mr Barnabas Bala’s, salaries by 50% until the economic situation in the state improved.