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Can you share the data? Or point to where it can be found?

Misplaced priorities

Dunno what is wrong with this useless Nigerian senate

^-- Yep. Moderators have thoroughly snuffed the life out of what was once a great thread

I don't think these these industries (mining, non-subsistence agric) provide that much employment.

So even if they take off, it won't really create tons of jobs for the masses.

You need electricity to create jobs for your average dude. There is no way to get around this.

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lmao

Lol.

Whether you encourage them or not, they'll do it. It is just human nature.

May as well help them do it safely.

If you perceive it as an insult, unfortunate. I have nothing against Kano, but there is nothing there I am interested in personally.

Lol @ slaps as salary

Only two ways to prevent AIDS (and other diseases) are abstinence and the proper use of condoms.

So if you want to have low disease rates, you either tell people to stop having s.ex or you give them condoms.

Only one of these solutions will actually work in the real world.

Kudos to the governor for being a realist.

Only places like Norway can afford free university education. Even in yankee it isn't free.

Primary/secondary, sure. But free university is unrealistic.

I don't need to or desire to visit Kano (aside from stopovers after flying out of Abuja), there is nothing that part of the world has to offer me.

Next you'll tell me to visit Afghanistan or Sudan.

Anyway, it isn't me alone mocking the fake population figures of Kano and the under counting of the pop of Lagos. The western media is also laughing at this fraudulence in Nigeria.

This is from a few years ago, but still relevant.

Aliyu always says the right things. But what concretely has he done in Niger State to reduce poverty, attract investment, etc?

Agric and solid materials alone will not save the north. Or any place in the world for that matter.

Better use of public funds, as well as electricity are at least two things necessary for salvation.

There is nothing bad/wrong with these remittances. . . your argument is pretty off

Very unlikely.

The main thing is they need to stop pretending as if Lagos is not the most populated state.

I would also like to see VAT and several other taxes collected locally rather that centrally. This would help a great deal.

They've already thought about it, heh. Decision is likely to stand. . .

interesting

Yeah I don't get it. Do deputy governors even have a constitutional role in governance aside from filling in if the governor is absent?

Hehe

Well, whether that is a likely outcome of having an Arewa Republic, all the same I wish you well.

Good. He should at least bring a few people down with him as he falls.

Haven't you already answered your own question?

If you spend all the money on construction instead of employing 20k youths, you'll definitely hire less labor. But you actually have something at the end of the day to show for it.

Sigh

57%+ capital expenditure.

Nice.

Finally, if you truly believe this statement reported (misreported?) in the newspaper that Ogun had IGR of N150 million/month, then all I can suggest is that you think a bit harder. A quick comparison of the magnitude of their annual budgets versus their allocations from the FG should tell you that the # cannot be so low.

Possibly even circa 2004-2005 their monthly IGR may have been higher than that.

FACE:
The authenticity of those stats were challenged at the time you posted them and rightly so. The IGR stats was a farce and the true picture has since been revealed. In that stats, Osun state had an IGR of N5.2 Billion, but the commissioner for finance for Osun has revealed that their IGR was about N300 million, but has now been increased to N600 million and they were hoping to increase to N1 billion.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/27811-why-we-can%E2%80%99t-tax-osun-people%2C-by-aregbesola.html

Ogun was said to have generated about 11.2 Billion, but the finance commissioner revealed that they had a monthly generation of N150 Million which was improved to N1 Billion per month through improved payment system that they introduced, which means that at the time of the dubious data with no credible source, they didn't generate more than N1.8 billion the previous year.

http://www.financialtechnologyafrica.com/Ogun_State_Increase_IGR_From_N150m.htm?reload=true

The IGR figures were culled from the recently made presentation by the Ekiti Senator on bankrupt states.

They also coincide with IGR figures reported to the CBN more general report. Moreover, at least a zonal level, they but also match the general trend of GDP data available (see the Canback-Dangel estimates from Wikipedia, those released by the UNDP.)

While there will be discrepancies and errors, the broad trend is consistent.

The JAMB pass rate stats you posted was also dubious and the source could not be verified, while JAMB enrollment stats have been verified from JAMB site. The literacy rate stats have also been verified from reputable sources like national stat bureau.

The JAMB pass rate data was directly from a presentation made by the head of JAMB.

Dubious stats don't count.

You are entitled to believe what you like. However, it is unlikely that every source that says something contrary to what you believe is not credible.

Phenomenal thread, great contributions from both sides.

My own take on the matter is that the SW is the best zone, aside from the oil-rich SS.

Either #1 or #2 in each of the following statistics:
Higher GDP, GDP per capita, life expectancy, IGR, literacy rates, JAMB pass rates, JAMB take rates

Couple this with the migration we see to this zone, indicators like construction projects we see on sites like Skyscraper city, # of banks, reports like the following (http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2011/12/01/honda-place-opens-in-ibadan/), etc, and the picture becomes pretty clear.

Then again, this isn't anything new, I suppose.

Prior to the discovery and large-scale production of oil in Nigeria, Yorubaland was also the wealthiest part of Nigeria.

PointB:
@Ekt Bear
Do you have any evidence to suggest that the SE has higher HIV prevalence rate? Do not lose the sight of the fact the late commencement of intimate activities and knowledge of contraceptives methods and availability which favour the SE makes them the least candid for HIV contraction.

So again do you have data of HIV prevalence in Nigeria by zones or you are just being disingenuous?

Is there also data on longevity by zones? Do you have any?

Regarding HIV, see this thread:
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-646183.192.html

Ekiti is the 2nd lowest in Nigeria period, it seems.

SW as a zone is 3rd behind NW and NE, if I remember correctly (NC, SS and SE all higher)

Regarding life expectancy, I'm sure I've posted it on this forum before. Google around a bit and you'll find it

cheap populism

I think a reasonable and fair person should be able to understand okija_juju's perspective.

If your four uncles fought and died for a man who later abandoned them, then it is very unlikely that you'll have fond feelings for that man.

The above post needs to be read honestly and without prejudice.

Yes, it should be scrapped

So this Onitsha is the real koko, it seems.