By the beginning of January 2018, all 36 states in Nigeria had presented their spending/budget plans for the year. A cursory glance shows that Cross River state has the highest budget figure of 1.3 trillion naira, closely followed by Lagos state with 1.04 trillion naira.

As can be seen from the Databod chart, the top 5 states in terms of budget size are Cross river, Lagos, Akwa-ibom, Rivers and Delta states respectively. On the other hand, Yobe had the lowest budget proposal. Yobe is closely followed by Taraba, Enugu, Ekiti and Gombe in the league of states with the least budget.

However, looking at the budget figures does not tell the full story. Rather, it can paint a misleading picture.

Anyone interested in the future of their state should look at their state’s per-capita spend data. In some ways, the data is a roadmap of a state’s future prospect (especially the capital component). In the chart below, we have taken a look at the Budget-Per-Capita of Nigeria states.

Just as it does in overall budget size, Cross river still leads the pack in Budget-Per-Capital. In second place comes Bayelsa, followed by Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi and Rivers. Contrary to what we would have expected, Lagos is not even in the top five. Rather, Lagos comes 8th in the league.

SOURCE: http://databod.com/economy/nigeria-state-proposed-2018-budget/

i have nothing to say. let me just pass.

Cross River State Government is proposing an astonishing 1.3trillion naira this year (from just 300 million naira last year).

Why?

The state government plans to embark on a landmark project: A "Wi-Fi Connected" Super Highway that terminates at Kastina-Ala in Benue State.

Although this is a welcome development given that Governor Ayade belongs to the PDP and is still able to get the support of the APC run Federal government, personally, I think the state government is not setting their priorities right.

Btw, i'm really enjoying these statistics from these guys. "Budget per head"

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