Badonasty:


my state making me proud...I be ọmọ Ogun

meeky007:

so Benue is now a a northern state

Monday60655:
How far about Anambra? Nothing was said about them.

Kennydoc:


States like Edo and Ondo that recorded good IGR are simply taxing their citizens quite much. It's not so much about good governance.

VillagePipu:


They are talking about states, you're mentioning Anambra.

All the MOUs signed by Obiano, where are the fruits?

meeky007:

so Benue is now a a northern state

phantom:
Bayelsa is a disgrace. Anamba, imo and Abia nko? This country needs to be badly restructured and I don't mean by secession of any part YET!
We can start by pushing for removal of certain things from the exclusive list of the federal govt.
Power for example. Once there is deregulation of power, a poor Northern state can borrow money from a bank and build an IPPS solely for a maskive industrial estate 3 to 5 times the size of trans amadi industrial layout in portharcourt.
Dangote and other manufacturers would fall over themselves to own factories there.
Do you know how much power supply adds to the overhead of a company daily?
Attract businesses to your state. Give them power supply and they WILL GLADLY PAY REASONABLE TAX TO THE STATE.

meeky007:

so Benue is now a a northern state

BlackfireX:
Where is Anambra position

Badonasty:


my state making me proud...I be ọmọ Ogun

omohayek:

I know these sorts of reports play serious havoc with your poor sense of tribal self-esteem, but you really need to stop repeating this nonsensical lie: if the states were allowed to keep any of the VAT collected within them, the dominance of Lagos in the IGR stats would be even more lopsided than it already is, as Lagos alone is responsible for over 55% of all VAT revenue in the country.


And if wishes were horses, beggars would ride. How do you know Edo and Ondo suffer from "high taxation"? Do you have any GDP numbers to support such a claim? And how do you know Anambra and Abia could raise such high revenues without GDP figures for them as well? Unless you can back your wild claims with numbers sources from reputable sources, all you've done here is reveal your wounded tribal pride for the world to see.

BayportalEnt:
With the way states in the SE voted for 1 party I thought the governance in those states were 2nd to none...

irepnaija4eva:

The four Southern states with the poorest Internally Generated Revenue of less than 10% compared to their FAA in 2018 are Akwa Ibom, Ekiti, Ebonyi and Bayelsa. Similarly, 13 Northern States have poorest IGR, namely Benue, Nasarawa, Gombe, Zamfara, Niger, Bauchi, Jigawa, Taraba, Adamawa, Borno, Katsina, Yobe and Kebbi States.





Ebony state I can relate but AKWA IBOM and BAYELSA

What the hell are they smoking over there

jamjo:



Southeast has a gold mine if they can take advantage of the property taxes, if I said 65% of houses in Southeast don't pay property tax I'm sure people will agree with me. Thousands or may I said millions of houses in the villages can be made to pay taxes they will not be in the
situation they found themselves, they cannot limit themselves in the cities only.

ladiesreject:

No ooo, it is a southern state

Ebullience:
The Economic Confidential on Sunday released its Annual States Viability Index (ASVI) report.

It showed that 17 States are insolvent as their Internally Generated Revenues (IGR) in 2018 were far below 10% of their receipts from the Federation Account Allocations (FAA) in the same year.

The index declared that without the monthly disbursement from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), many states remain unviable, and cannot survive without the federally collected revenue, mostly from the oil sector.


The IGR are generated by states through Pay-As-You-Earn Tax (PAYE), Direct Assessment, Road Taxes and revenues from Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).

The IGR of the 36 states of the federation totalled N1.1 trillion in 2018 as compared to N931 billion in 2018, an increase of N172 billion.

The report further indicates that the IGR of Lagos State of N382bn is higher than that of 30 States put together whose Internally Generated Revenues are extremely low, and poor compared to their allocations from the Federation Account.

Meanwhile, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, which is not a state but the nation’s capital generated N65bn IGR against N29bn it got from the Federation Account in 2018.

Lagos State remained steadfast in its number one position in IGR with a total revenue generation of N382bn compared to FAA of N260bn which translate to 146% in the twelve months of 2018.

It is followed by Ogun State which generated IGR of N84.55bn compared to FAA of N93bn representing 90%; Rivers with N112bn compared to FAA of N237bn representing 47% and Kwara State with a low receipt from the Federation Account has maintained its impressive IGR by generating N23bn compared to FAA of N81bn representing 28%.

Others with impressive IGR include Edo with IGR of N28bn compared to FAA of N112bn representing 25%; Kano generated N44bn compared to FAA of N183bn representing 24%; Enugu with IGR of N22bn compared to FAA of N92bn representing 23%; Ondo with IGR of N24bn compared to FAA of N108bn representing 22.77%; Kaduna with IGR of N29bn compared to FAA of N131bn representing 22.44% while Delta State earned N58bn IGR against FAA of N285bn representing 20%.

The report noted that ten states with impressive IGR generated N808bn in total, while the remaining states merely generated a total of N295bn in 2018.

While the report provides shocking discoveries, the states with less than 10% IGR have remained 17 as in the previous year 2017.

It added: “The poor states may not stay afloat outside the Federation Account Allocation due to socio-political crises including insurgency, kidnapping, armed-banditry and herdsmen-farmer clashes.

“Other states lack foresight in revenue generation drive coupled with arm-chair governance.

“The states that may not survive without the Federation Account due to poor internal revenue generation are Ebonyi which realized a meagre N6.14bn compared to a total of N76bn it received from the Federation Account Allocation (FAA) in 2018 representing about 7.98%; Bayelsa with IGR of N13.6bn compared to FAA of N192bn representing 7.10%; Taraba N5.96bnbn compared to FAA of N88bn representing 6.77%; Adamawa with IGR of N6.2bn compared to N97bn of FAA representing 6.77% and Borno with IGR of N6.52bn compared to N122bn of FAA representing 5.3% within the period under review.


“The major poor internal revenue earners are Katsina which generated N6.9bn compared to FAA of N138bn representing 5.03%; Yobe N4.48bn compared to FAA of N89bn representing 4.86% and lastly Kebbi N4.88bn IGR compared to FAA of N101bn representing 4.88%.”

The Economic Confidential ASVI further showed that only three states in the entire Northern region have IGR above 20% in comparison to their respective allocations from the Federation Account. They are Kwara, Kano and Kaduna States. Meanwhile seven states in the South recorded over 20% IGR in 2018. They are Lagos, Ogun, Rivers, Edo, Enugu, Ondo and Delta States.

The four Southern states with the poorest Internally Generated Revenue of less than 10% compared to their FAA in 2018 are Akwa Ibom, Ekiti, Ebonyi and Bayelsa. Similarly, 13 Northern States have poorest IGR, namely Benue, Nasarawa, Gombe, Zamfara, Niger, Bauchi, Jigawa, Taraba, Adamawa, Borno, Katsina, Yobe and Kebbi States.

https://dailypost.ng/2019/05/12/10-nigerian-states-economically-viable-17-bankrupt-see-details/

BayportalEnt:
With the way states in the SE voted for 1 party I thought the governance in those states were 2nd to none...

MetaPhysical:


Na mouth Anambra get. Anambra is a deficient state when it comes to economic innovation and performance.

jamjo:



Southeast has a gold mine if they can take advantage of the property taxes, if I said 65% of houses in Southeast don't pay property tax I'm sure people will agree with me. Thousands or may I said millions of houses in the villages can be made to pay taxes they will not be in the
situation they found themselves, they cannot limit themselves in the cities only.

omohayek:

Do you think repeating this made-up nonsense enough times will magically make it true? Not a single Nigerian state comes close to the levels of taxation found throughout the developed world, or even in middle-income countries like China, Thailand. Even Lagos State is an ultra-low tax region by international standards.

It's nonsense to speak of being so heavily dependent on federal allocations as if it were something to be proud of. What happens if the FG suddenly decides to slash them for whatever reason? A far more likely reason why IGR is so low in the SE states is that their levels of internal economy activity simply can't support higher taxes.

Kennydoc:

The truth is that most of the states that have high IGR (including Lagos) are just more efficient with tax collection. If Anambra and Abia improve their tax collection system, their IGR will definitely rise. In such states with a large number of traders, it's more difficult to get people to pay the right amount of tax unlike in states with a large proportion of civil servants like Edo State.

RealityShot:
are they paying "property tax" in the north?

MetaPhysical:


Na mouth Anambra get. Anambra is a deficient state when it comes to economic innovation and performance.

You guys should go and learn from Anambra not using propaganda to be deceiving gullible minds, Anambra is not owing civil servants or pensioners, they have done more on infrastructures above all Anambra is least indebted state in Nigeria, while you and your likes that keep shouting IGR upandon your state governments are seriously indebted, they can't construct 1km of road without borrowing, this is a case of crippled man insulting someone with two legs