WIZGUY69:


lol. you don't know the meaning of poor.

from what I have been reading here, only an unexposed kids will be shouting osun, reason : the media hype things concerning osun.

by poor we mean per capita income, projects on ground etc.

private companies etc.

have you been to Niger, ebonyi, kebbi etc

osun is better than those states far.

make no mistake.

when was the last time you read any thing concerning those aforementioned states, bcoz of the absence of media. or are people not staying there. it's bcoz osun it's in the limelight and the citizens there are enlightened that you keep seeing osun on-the- News
fine the state is poor in S/western states level.

but as far Nigeria is concerned, it's still richer than some states

ok, osun remains poor

FKO81:
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Ekiti and Osun

goat!

the world knows that the both state are better than the five cursed erosion ravaged tiny psycho states in the south eastern part of Nigeria where Ojuku' of cursed memory is from.

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after1:
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Drug addict, go smoke and stop posting trash. NDLEA is watching.....

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Drug addict, go smoke and stop posting trash. NDLEA is watching.....

after1:
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Drug addict, go smoke and stop posting trash. NDLEA is watching.....

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Goldmaxx:
bro calm down,we all know dat osun is the poorest state in nigeria as of 2015

which state are you from?

let's compare the igr of your state with that of osun.

awaiting your response.

menabadoo:
ok, osun remains poor

mcheeew

you never still wan get sense.

you must be a dumbass Iboe goat

WIZGUY69:


mcheeew

you never still wan get sense.

you must be a dumbass Iboe goat

ok, osun is poor

WIZGUY69:


goat!

the world knows that the both state are better than the five cursed erosion ravaged tiny psycho states in the south eastern part of Nigeria where Ojuku' of cursed memory is from.

Imbeciile!

Those two states are poor

menabadoo:
ok, osun is poor

I don hear you na
Oya go and hang your self. onye nzuzu

FKO81:

Imbeciile!

Those two states are poor

look at this mentally deranged fellow.

you better don't start what you can't finish.


www.dailytrust.com.ng/sunday/index.php/feature/12679-abakaliki-the-unforgettable-story-of-a-stereotyped-city

see your people life.

ewu

WIZGUY69:


which state are you from?

let's compare the igr of your state with that of osun.

i am from abia,although orji did'nt perform up to standard,but at least we arent begging or complaing much cos we have other business ok and as for the internally generated revenue,yes we mine crude oil but not in bounty quantity as of southsouth but atleast we contribute to the economy of nigeria

Flets:
Osun
Borno (since after BH invasion)
Adamawa
Kebbi
Kogi

They all have one thing in common. ..
..APC governed

see ur life , so Kogi is now governed by APC ... wonder if you know the names of the state governors u mentioned + the state capital

Goldmaxx:
:Di [s]am from abia,although orji did'nt perform up to standard,but at least we arent begging or complaing much cos we have other business ok and as for the internally generated revenue,yes we mine crude oil but not in bounty quantity as of southsouth but atleast we contribute to the economy of nigeria[/s]

goan and tell nnamdi kanu that one or better still dead Ojuku'.

The poorest states in Nigeria

1. Sokoto

Sokoto has unfriendly climate conditions with temperature going as high as 45C on a normal day. Most parts of the state are rural areas and over eighty percent (80%) of the inhabitants of Sokoto practice one form of agriculture or another.

2. Katsina

Katsina is a state in North central Nigeria and has the highest poverty prevalence among all states in the region.

3. Adamawa

Formed in 1991 from the extinct Gongola state, Adamawa has of late been terrorized by the Boko Haram terrorists, disrupting its economic development and growth.

4. Gombe

Gombe is another North eastern state which suffers sporadic attacks from terrorists.

5. Jigawa

Jigawa state is situated in the north-western part of the country. It is mostly populated by the Hausa/Fulani, who are spread throughout the state. It has a 74.1 percent poverty rate.
6. Plateau

Plateau state is the twelfth largest state of Nigeria haunted by some terrorist attacks and tribal clashes from time to time, especially clashes between Fulani herdsmen and its inhabitants.

7. Ebonyi

Ebonyi is the only south-eastern state among the top 9 poorest country.

8. Bauchi

In Hausa the word Bauchi meansthe land of freedom and tourism. However recent Boko Haram adventures in the area, though few, have driven tourists away from the area.

9. Kebbi

It is bordered by Sokoto State,Niger State,Dosso Regionin the Republic of Niger and the nation of Benin. The recently concluded Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport (SABIA), stands out as one of Nigeria’s most sophisticated airports and is expected to boost the state’s economy.

10. Zamfara

Recently the governor was blasted for the “alarming scope of economic dangers and its potential threat to the economic development of the state,” by the Zamfara Budget Working Group.

Niger is the state with the lowest poverty rate which is 33.8%. It was followed by Osun (37.9%) and Ondo (45.7%).

Bayelsa (47%) and Lagos (48.6%) have less than 50% poverty rate.

The average poverty rate in the Northwest geopolitical zone is 71.4%, which remained the highest in the said area.

It is followed by the Northeast region which has 69.1% and the North central region which has 60.7%.

Poverty was least dominant in the Southwest (49.8%), South-South (55.5%), and South-East regions (59.5%).

source:http://www.naij.com/401470-see-the-10-poorest-states-in-nigeria.html

WIZGUY69:


goan and tell nnamdi kanu that one or better still dead Ojuku'.

WIZGUY69:


goan and tell nnamdi kanu that one or better still dead Ojuku'.

go an tell areGBESE to kindly result from being governor of the STATE of osun

MKO4ever:
I have been to all the states in Nigeria, and so this is based on my opinion:

Jigawa is the poorest state-As at 2010 it was still the only state without Mr Biggs

Yobe is next: As at my last visit in 2011; Damaturu-the state capital has only one small roundabout on its major road, the state is really poor

Next on line is Kogi state - Maybe because its ma state, but we've always had clueless Governors

Bayelsa is also poor and dry, Though appeared to be getting revenue inflow, but there is no Development in the area

Oyo is also poor

I disagree with the last statement , oyo is not poor but rather too large for a single state, before any meaningful economic development will show it will take time.
Am not from there but occasionally visits;remember Ibadan alone is the largest city in W/A by land mass

Utchgirl:



4get abt d payment of salary cos Aregbe is nt d 1st gov'nor 2 be owing his workers.


Bt d truth is dt Osun state is very poor. I hv lived dia and i hv seen tins wit my eyes.

may we hear your experience?

Can we open an account for contributions of relief materials and money to be send to Osun before those people die of starvation

So nobody ever heard of Benue abi?

WIZGUY69:


look at this mentally deranged fellow.

you better don't start what you can't finish.


www.dailytrust.com.ng/sunday/index.php/feature/12679-abakaliki-the-unforgettable-story-of-a-stereotyped-city

see your people life.

ewu

Read what is happening in your home land ode!
[b]Emerging trend of social almajiri in Yorubaland
By Hakeem Jamiu

There is a social malaise which is gradually creeping into the lexicon of Yorubaland and this is the ugly spectre of hungry children begging for food and alms at social events. Older women are equally not left out in this ugly but strange practice in Yorubaland. It is strange in Yorubaland because the concept of almajiri which simply means street urchin is common in the Northern part of the country. Yorubas use to refer derisively to anybody soliciting for arms in Yorubaland in the olden days as almajiri. The almajiri of the North are usually children between the age bracket of 7 and 20 in most cases. Almajiris are so desperate for food that any unsuspecting visitor to the Northern part of the country who goes to a restaurant to eat but mistakenly left his food to wash his hands is likely to lose such to waiting almajiris before he comes back for the food.


I first noticed this ugly trend at a ceremony I attended a few months ago at Ayetoro Ekiti. Elderly and middle aged able bodied women from Kwara, Osun and Oyo states invaded the burial ceremony uninvited and were embarrassing guests who refused to give them money. Also noticeable were children with their begging bowls who thronged the venue of the ceremony soliciting for left over food and alms. The children were a pitiable sight. Poverty was clearly written on their faces. I have attended many social functions after that and the same trend was noticeable. But I became worried a few days ago, when I attended the burial ceremony of a friend's father in Ilesha , Osun State . They came in various groups and employ different methods in soliciting for alms. There were the elderly women who were busy harassing guests in the name of praise singing and would not leave until you part with money, there were the men with their public address system which they use in praise singing but which is disturbance and yet, there were Yoruba children in the mould of almajiris with their begging bowls scrambling for left-over and at the same time soliciting for alms.


Fellow guests on my table at the event who were also journalists expressed their concern in unison about the growing trend of almajiri of various categories in Yorubaland. They all agreed that it has become a social problem. We started discussing and realised that the culture of begging in the mould of almajiris is alien to Yoruba culture. In those days before the advent of the British, the Yorubas are a proud people known for their hard work and industry. They practiced hoe agriculture and were well known as traders and for their crafts. Yoruba artists have produced masterpieces of woodcarving and bronze casting, some of which date from as early as the 13th century. Many of Nigeria 's best-known artists and writers are Yoruba. Other occupation of the Yorubas at that time were drumming and masquerading which would now be called showbiz. They engage in all the foregoing occupation but a Yoruba man or woman (able bodied) would not beg for alms as it is considered shameful and something akin to a curse. The Yorubas cherish their oriki (folklore) which is a poetic version of eulogizing the exploits of their progenitors which is an incentive for them to excel and even surpass their progenitors. The Yorubas have harsh words for lazy people. Such people are objects of ridicule and butt of jokes in the society. With this background, it is understandable why we became worried with the array of beggars at the Ilesha ceremony.


After leaving the party, I reflected on the scenario of the almajiris in Ilesha and I was able to draw a relationship between Political almajiris and social almajiris. I discovered that social almajiri had its root in the advent of the politics of do -or-die introduced into the political lexicon of Yorubaland by apostles of mainstream politics especially ex-President Obasanjo. The grand Patron of political almajiris who recently passed away was Chief Lamidi Adedibu. Many have argued that his death has led to the proliferation of almajiris in Yorubaland. This is because those he hitherto dole handouts to must look for other means of survival since he is no more. These political almajiris are ready to exchange their mothers for few coins. A new political class of men without integrity and anything goes was created and they became political almajiris who survive on crumbs from their masters. They would rig, kill, maim and do all sort of things to acquire political power. With the ascension of these men in power, good governance became a thing of the past. Our collective patrimony was squandered by these political almajiris. Nigeria has never been so blessed with petro dollar with oil selling for $156 dollars per barrel but Nigeria has never been so poor with a chunk of the population living below poverty line. So versions of the political almajiris are the social almajiris that now invade ceremonies in Yorubaland. With these children begging for alms, a ready made market for thuggery and other social vices is assured. The activities of the beggars are not limited to parties. At bus stops in our cities, it is a common sight to see women most of who are still in their mid thirties, who would strap a baby at their backs and approach men with stories of despair to solicit for alms. Many of them would end up in bed with such men. This is another brand of alamajiri and these are Yoruba women. A violent version of almajiri but which is gradually being tackled in Lagos is the 'Area Boys' syndrome. These are Yoruba street urchins who are semi- armed robbers.


The underlying factor in this new trend is failure of the Nigerian State on one part and the laziness on the part of these women. Most of them don't want to work, In those days, when everybody's occupation was farming you dare not beg. You must find something to do. But these days, our women and children are too lazy. It is either they steal or beg. In most cases a mother and child become almajiris at social events. So the question now is can a Yoruba man now refer derisively to a Hausa beggar as almajiri when we have many of them now in Yorubaland? The answer is no! This trend must be arrested before it goes out of hand. The almajiris in the North these days engage in novel forms of drug abuse like sniffing of gutter water to get intoxicated, sniffing of adhesives and other drugs so that they are ever ready to unleash terror on the rest of the society whenever they are called upon to do so by the political wing of almajiris. I strongly recommend that guests at public functions must stop encouraging almajiris by giving them money.


But can government which itself owns the political wing of almajiris arrest this trend? Time will tell.

http://odili.net/news/source/2008/jul/9/221.html[/b]

OK now... since no one backed his/her claim with facts and figures but on sentiment and false claim... a little googling, this is what I got:
State PPP GDP (2010 in millions of USD)
1 Lagos State US$91,000[3]
2 Rivers State US$21,073
3 Delta State US$16,749
4 Oyo State US$16,121
5 Imo State US$14,212
6 Kano State US$12,393
7 Edo State US$11,888
8 Akwa Ibom US$11,179
9 Ogun State US$10,470
10 Kaduna State US$10,334
11 Cross River US$9,292
12 Abia State US$8,687
13 Ondo State US$8,414
14 Osun State US$7,280
15 Benue State US$6,864
16 Anambra State US$6,764
17 Katsina State US$6,022
18 Niger State US$6,002
19 Borno State US$5,175
20 Plateau State US$5,154
21 Sokoto State US$4,818
22 Bauchi State US$4,713
23 Kogi State US$4,642
24 Adamawa State US$4,582
25 Enugu State US$4,396
26 Bayelsa State US$4,337
27 Zamfara State US$4,123
28 Kwara State US$3,841
29 Taraba State US$3,397
30 Kebbi State US$3,290
31 Nassarawa State US$3,022
32 Jigawa State US$2,988
33 Ekiti State US$2,848
34 Ebonyi State US$2,732
35 Gombe State US$2,501
36 Yobe State US$2,011

32 Jigawa State US$2,988
33 Ekiti State US$2,848
34 Ebonyi State US$2,732
35 Gombe State US$2,501
36 Yobe State US$2,011

These are the 5 poorest states in Nigeria and the socalled Osun happens to be the 17th richest judging by facts ad figures!

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jamesokikiola:
OK now... since no one backed his/her claim with facts and figures but on sentiment and false claim... a little googling, this is what I got:
State PPP GDP (2010 in millions of USD)
1 Lagos State US$91,000[3]
2 Rivers State US$21,073
3 Delta State US$16,749
4 Oyo State US$16,121
5 Imo State US$14,212
6 Kano State US$12,393
7 Edo State US$11,888
8 Akwa Ibom US$11,179
9 Ogun State US$10,470
10 Kaduna State US$10,334
11 Cross River US$9,292
12 Abia State US$8,687
13 Ondo State US$8,414
14 Osun State US$7,280
15 Benue State US$6,864
16 Anambra State US$6,764
17 Katsina State US$6,022
18 Niger State US$6,002
19 Borno State US$5,175
20 Plateau State US$5,154
21 Sokoto State US$4,818
22 Bauchi State US$4,713
23 Kogi State US$4,642
24 Adamawa State US$4,582
25 Enugu State US$4,396
26 Bayelsa State US$4,337
27 Zamfara State US$4,123
28 Kwara State US$3,841
29 Taraba State US$3,397
30 Kebbi State US$3,290
31 Nassarawa State US$3,022
32 Jigawa State US$2,988
33 Ekiti State US$2,848
34 Ebonyi State US$2,732
35 Gombe State US$2,501
36 Yobe State US$2,011

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Rubbish! We need credible source from NBS, not the rubbish your guys cook in Aregbe's bedroom

according to Wikipedia;
1 Lagos State US$91,000 [3] 2 Rivers State US$21,073 3 Delta State US$16,749 4 Oyo State US$16,121 5 Imo State US$14,212 6 Kano State US$12,393 7 Edo State US$11,888 8 Akwa Ibom State US$11,179 9 Ogun State US$10,470 10 Kaduna State US$10,334 11 Cross River State US$9,292 12 Abia State US$8,687 13 Ondo State US$8,414 14 Osun State US$7,280 15 Benue State US$6,864 16 Anambra State US$6,764 17 Katsina State US$6,022 18 Niger State US$6,002 19 Borno State US$5,175 20 Plateau State US$5,154 21 Sokoto State US$4,818 22 Bauchi State US$4,713 23 Kogi State US$4,642 24 Adamawa State US$4,582 25 Enugu State US$4,396 26 Bayelsa State US$4,337 27 Zamfara State US$4,123 28 Kwara State US$3,841 29 Taraba State US$3,397 30 Kebbi State US$3,290 31 Nassarawa State US$3,022 32 Jigawa State US$2,988 33 Ekiti State US$2,848 34 Ebonyi State US$2,732 35 Gombe State US$2,501 36 Yobe State US$2,011

jamesbawa:
according to Wikipedia;
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1 Lagos State US$91,000 [3]
2 Rivers State US$21,073
3 Delta State US$16,749
4 Oyo State US$16,121
5 Imo State US$14,212
6 Kano State US$12,393
7 Edo State US$11,888
8 Akwa Ibom State US$11,179
9 Ogun State US$10,470
10 Kaduna State US$10,334
11 Cross River State US$9,292
12 Abia State US$8,687
13 Ondo State US$8,414
14 Osun State US$7,280
15 Benue State US$6,864
16 Anambra State US$6,764
17 Katsina State US$6,022
18 Niger State US$6,002
19 Borno State US$5,175
20 Plateau State US$5,154
21 Sokoto State US$4,818
22 Bauchi State US$4,713
23 Kogi State US$4,642
24 Adamawa State US$4,582
25 Enugu State US$4,396
26 Bayelsa State US$4,337
27 Zamfara State US$4,123
28 Kwara State US$3,841
29 Taraba State US$3,397
30 Kebbi State US$3,290
31 Nassarawa State US$3,022
32 Jigawa State US$2,988
33 Ekiti State US$2,848
34 Ebonyi State US$2,732
35 Gombe State US$2,501
36 Yobe State US$2,011

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We need 2014 statistics from NBS not Wikipedia

WIZGUY69:
Ebonyi is the poorest state in Nigeria. sometimes. the state looks like its not part of Nigeria. the only tarred road in that salt cave is the road leading to Govt house. Abakiliki. nonsense state may amadioha strike any flat head beast that mention any south west state.

Mods, kindly ban this guy or soldier ants will chase you out of your house.

Rules 8 and 11.

Nonsense

chamboy:
u are a curse to Yoruba

temitemi1 is what yoruba call OLORIBURUKUOMOALEOSI

chamboy:
Ebonyi Enugu Anambra

thunder fire you and your family

This is how we roll at iseyin osun opon imo

Tolexander:
Who are these people saying Osun is poor?

Aregbesola can attest to it, Osun State is relatively rich.

ngwa let aregbe do something as simple as paying salaries

FreeGlobe:

ngwa let aregbe do something as simple as paying salaries

like you doing something to change your gender and Monicker back.