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Niger state is almost the size of Austria yet austrian economy is bigger than nigeria and ghana join together, land is wasting in niger state

Laziness at it peak.... shameless govt

his statement makes no sense

Judolisco:
Thank God it's coming from Niger state were power is being generated if not I would have called the state big for nothing ...so d state is not totally useless, Niger state should invest more in agriculture

It seems you no dey pay for light bill

Mr Governor, wake up and develop your state

This man must be a BIG dunce!..he's didn't even say population density....Ode

Very nauseating suggestion.

A state like Niger should have nothing to bother about revenue sharing from the central government. With very arable land, multiple water bodies and super richness in solid minerals, what else can a state ask for. Abubakar is another disappointing example of a 'young' governor having been elected at the age of 47

So that the very large and empty and non contributing states in the IGR of the country would get the larger share of the allocation as against the ones contributing and laying the golden eggs. Monkey dey work bamboo dey chop policy.

They are very stupid for saying that...the shameless ex presidents are just doing nothing to help them..they can farm on them and make more money.. powerless State.the most bloated civil service State with no positive result.only salary.no investments.. electricity is zero.water supply zero.. good road zero..only mouth.

You mean "monkey dey work bamboo dey chop policy". This one no wan wise

Rubbish. It was a basis for sharing formula in the 2nd republic and that was why they shared large portion of land to themselves. Landmass with nothing to show for it. When some states like Lagos and Rivers generate high revenue to the FG. Many states in the north ban alcohol and betting companies yet they share from the VAT gotten from same products.

asodane:

It seems you no dey pay for light bill

Niger delta have crude oil shey we pay for pms and kerosene??

Oh! African leaders

Chiefpress:
NIGER STATE GOVERNMENT URGES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER LANDMASS IN REVENUE SHARING

The Niger State Government is asking the federal government that landmass should be a consideration in the revenue sharing formula for the country.

The State Commissioner for Finance, Zakari Abubakar, disclosed this in an interview shortly after the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) led by its Federal Commissioner, Barrister Patrick Mgbebu Nworu, met with Governor Abubakar Sani Bello in a closed door meeting at the Government House, Minna.

Abubakar noted that the landmass of the state is the largest in the country with its topography having environmental challenges such as annual flooding, noting that the ecological fund for the State is not sufficient.

The Commissioner appealed that a certain percentage should be added to states that are challenged by environmental hazards.

He said the state is challenged by its size as opposed to the revenue that accrued to it, adding that if the landmass is considered, it will assist the state government to access and tackle the environmental challenges.

“In the consideration of the indices of revenue, the issue of landmass should be given a lot of weight", he said.

The Commissioner also pointed out that the number of Federal Roads criss-crossing the state is another issue that should be factored in the revenue sharing formula by the Federal Government.

The RMAFC Federal Commissioner, Barrister Nworu, said the commission members were in the state for advocacy and sensitization on revenue data and its management.

He said their mission in the state is also to get the stakeholders to know the value and the need to submit transparent as well as verifiable revenue data.

According to him, it is the commission’s mandate to formulate ways to allocate revenue from the federation account to the states and local governments.

Mary Noel-Berje
Chief Press Secretary to Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State
2ND SEPTEMBER, 2020.

This is the dumbest idea ever, to come out - of the mouth of any Nigerian, if not the second - with all the land mass they cant think of agriculture, inviting foreigners to invest and make parks, they are looking for allocation, nonsense - while others are driving IGR they are looking for free national cake and hand outs idiots - and if you see the idiot talking he went to school and possibly acquire a BSc - I am sure that time they were the ones going from University to university in a convoy of cars so the really didn't have time to get educated

Landmass without productivity means nothing.

Nawoo for this fulani republic

See mumu talk o..... Is it by landmass?? What are you contributing to the GDP??

The idiots at Aso Rock are already preparing for this, they only asked the man to put it in public domain for information.

He is not ashamed, Lagos with a tiny landmass is turning it into meaningful tax return, while Niger wants to tax FG in a reverse pattern.

We will even pay your father because he married a fat woman

ode

Foolish state with no real development, only useless lands left to fallow .
How can a state have such enormous land mass with no tangible development ?
A state that produced two ex-head of states?
What are they trying to achieve?
I travelled from mokwa to dikko junction on my way to kano, imagine I spent 7hours in Niger state alone
Isn't that ridiculous ?
At kotangora, i saw mud houses everywhere in a neighbourhood , the only building made of block is a mosque .
Mosques everywhere , schools, houses all made of mud and nothing to write home about .
Niger state is just land mass with plenty mosques................ nothing more !!!

Mtchwwwwwww! Is landmass equal to population size? The USA is probably 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 times bigger than Nigeria but their population isn't even up to twice as much as ours. Lagos as small as it is, has more population than many bigger states combined in this Nigeria.

Unproductive landmass, just imagine some sets of human reasoning like cow, the more reason states should be allowed to manage their resources. One section of the country parasiting on the other.

This man is a waste of a governor. A man that interlocks the middle of a dual lane as against the green grasses growing and calls it a project?!

He has no sense of governance whatsoever.

I feel embarrassed about the caliber of so called leaders spread all over our nation who are at the helm of affairs.
That a leader can make this dumb request in today's world baffles me.
For him not to know that it's all about the revenue generated from the state, which determines the allocation is shameful.

what is Niger state even contributing to nigeria self......

I see say nobody outside naija dey borrow again.


This fowl yansh face wey call himself leader, can't even pass Gov umahi(the best in my book for now) common entrance, Talk less of jamb or advanced studies.



Go and learn from borno g, he is also trying. Sanwo is also trying, but he is from naija richest state. So learn from borno before you graduate to umahi. These are leaders doing magic with less. The type that can lead in a 1st world or 10th world like Nigeria. While you are thinking, quit, maybe there's an umahi in your state.

Whobedatte:
Foolish state with no real development, only useless lands left to fallow .
How can a state have such enormous land mass with no tangible development ?
A state that produced two ex-head of states?
What are they trying to achieve?
I travelled from mokwa to dikko junction on my way to kano, imagine I spent 7hours in Niger state alone
Isn't that ridiculous ?
At kotangora, i saw mud houses everywhere in a neighbourhood , the only building made of block is a mosque .
Mosques everywhere , schools, houses all made of mud and nothing to write home about .
Niger state is just land mass with plenty mosques................ nothing more !!!

Na sharia state, that's why. If them no allow people drink, how will someone relax after a days work. Mtcheew

Is this one governor or observer

NwaIgboBoy:
what is Niger state even contributing to nigeria self......

Land masses and defunct dams.

SpecialAdviser:
Not surprising. I was told of a particular census where the northerners were counting goats.

Up till now the revenue sharing formula is fraudulent. I visited some local governments in Kano state where their inhabitants are just very few and shook my head. Every month most of them will queue up for Kwankwasiya salary they get free. All from monthly allocation. The favour they got from military dictatorship.

The north have a serious lazy mentality.

He forgot landmass is key factor of economy and should be used to demand tax returns from states. NCC says we have only 200m sim cards with all the multiple registration and multiple sim ownership. Nigeria is an idea and not reality.