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I recently came across an article by Femi Aribisala and couldn’t stop laughing at how absurd Nigeria’s census system can be. One part that really stood out was where he pointed out that even after Jigawa was carved out of Kano, taking a relatively substantial portion of its population, Kano’s population somehow remained the same and was still recorded as higher than Lagos after the split!
No be juju be that? Gadus

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/believes-lie-people-north-south

Femi Aribisala

In 2011, more votes were cast in Zamfara than the total number of legitimately-registered voters, according to the revelation of INEC’s clean-up exercise.


Everything turns upside down in Nigeria. Logic becomes illogical. Wisdom becomes foolishness. Two plus two becomes seven. Hospitals become mortuaries. Stealing is not corruption. Education is a sin. In Nigeria, so many things fly in the face of simple commonsense.

Some make the case that Northern polygamy leads to more births. If so, why are there only 30 million people in Saudi Arabia, a country more than twice the size of Nigeria? The Saudis are also polygamous. If there are so many more live-births in the North than in the South, this should be reflected in children immunization programs: but it is not.

We were told Kano State was bigger in population than Lagos State. Then Jigawa State was carved out of Kano in 1991. But lo and behold, the remaining rump of Kano was still bigger than Lagos. In 1991, we were told there were 5.8 million people in Kano State, while 5.7 million were in Lagos. In 2006, Kano was awarded a population of 9.4 million; more than Lagos which was given 9.1 million.

In the meantime, Jigawa was awarded 4.3 million people in 2006. If this were to be believed, it would mean Kano (including Jigawa) had outpaced Lagos by more than four million people by 2006. That is impossible. Moreover, Kano was awarded 44 local government areas; Jigawa 27 and Lagos only 20.

Why any right-thinking person would believe Kano State has more people than Lagos State is beyond me. For years, the total amount of internally generated revenue in Kano was less than 6 billion naira a year. In the last year or so, it is now averaging 20 billion. But get this: the internally generated revenue in Lagos is 219 billion naira. So why would people be moving to Kano instead of Lagos? Where are the jobs in Kano to attract them relative to Lagos?

Other articles on this issue:

https://thenationonlineng.net/2023-census-can-nigeria-get-it-right

Bamgbose Adele : https://academicjournals.org/article/article1380813122_Bamgbose%20pdf.pdf

Chai! The unshakeable Kano population remains undefeated. We go get am right one day for this Kwantri.

Ttalk:
The North has been playing MMM on the South since inception. This is made possible by the fifth columnist SE who has been hand in glove with the Northern supremacist to unified a multicultural entity that should be regional.

All these atrocities were committed during military era perpetuated by the northern hegemony with support from the SE people.
Arthur Nzeribe, Chukwumerije, Kanu with his 1m match and Peter Obi who was feeding fat on the Lagos Port money didn't see anything wrong in Military rule while their SW and SS counterparts were fighting to end Military rule.

Today many from same region are the one wishing a coup should happen in Nigeria as if they will benefit from a northern coup.

Let's remove FAAC and let every state manage her resources and remit percentage to the government, but our Southern brother who see tax reform bill as a threat will not agree

Bro tell your brother to sign the constitution reform Bill and approve regionalism, He is oga presido now, he no need my permission or are there people who remain stronger than him even though he is the president?.

You leave those wey dey benefit from false census numbers dey blame pesin wey dey one corner dey observe. Abeg focus your anger to those who have benefited from this falsified census numbers.

Madness all over. A state split in two and its population remained the same, all for political power

@ttalk your broda diya was no 2 when jigawa was created. Alongside diya was adisa, olarenwaju, ani, shofoluwe. Prominent yorubas in the provisional ruling Council. Before abacha was shonekan another yoruba who did nothing. Then there obasanjo and now tinubu. Yet one coward is blaming lgbos for what 3 yoruba president and 2 yoruba vice president could not do

nedu666:
@ttalk your broda diya was no 2 when jigawa was created. Alongside diya was adisa, olarenwaju, ani, shofoluwe. Prominent yorubas in the provisional ruling Council. Before abacha was shonekan another yoruba who did nothing. Then there obasanjo and now tinubu. Yet one coward is blaming lgbos for what 3 yoruba president and 2 yoruba vice president could not do

Bro u carry receipts come this Monday morning. I like that, counter lies with the truth

In 2015, Kano voter list didn't shrink . It increased. This is natural with a growing population but what was strange is that no registered voter in Kano within 4ys died or abstained from voting .

DomPerignon:
In 2015, Kano voter list didn't shrink . It increased. This is natural with a growing population but what was strange is that no registered voter in Kano within 4ys died or abstained from voting .

Real life immortals dey stay for Kano State. Eternal life on earth