Incidence of poverty by state (lowest poverty-stricken states)
1. Anambra
2. Bayelsa
3. Abia
4. Oyo
5. Imo
6. Rivers
7. Enugu
8. Ogun
9. Osun
10. Akwa Ibom
(See attached)
Lagos not among the first fifteen, bringing about the question if Fasola has impoverished Lagosians instead of empowering them?

Completely realistic, with all the money bags  (Eze Egos) in Anambra.

Another piece of important data and this is very current (2008)

Mekusxyz:

Completely realistic, with all the money bags (Eze Egos) in Anambra.

you can say that again about Anambra.

South West ~~~ poverty

^^^^^^^^

But 3 SW states made the list of first 10. Not so poor. Look at the North
The question is has Fasola impoverished Lagosians instead of empowering them? High taxes, low dividends.

Does any of the Fasola apologists have anything to say here?

Someone who supposedly claims the ability to do statistical analysis should know comparing a "megacity" of 9-12 million people to small time ibo towns. Lagos is approximately twice the population of Anambra.

Topic since last year.
May your mother die in Lagos, poster

SEFAGO:

Someone who supposedly claims the ability to do statistical analysis should know comparing a "megacity" of 9-12 million people to small time ibo towns. Lagos is approximately twice the population of Anambra.

This is about %age and not absolute numbers. + why drag in your usual tribal banters with the snide ''small time ibo towns'' remark when it is clear that Lagos is not about Yoruba like you would say for Oyo and Ekiti? The important question here is to learn what Fasola has done to ameliorate the situation for the huge swathe of impoverished Lagosians aside from increasing taxes, demolishing their stalls and roadside marketplaces and enriching his friends and relations. That, my friend is the essence of this thread and not some tribal sentiments, ok?

Using your warped analogy, how do you compare Lagos with the small-time Yoruba states that made the list of 10 states?

I wasn't dragging any sentiments- the number 1 is an igbo state- I was looking at number 1 and interpreting your statistics

Abi na guilty conscience dey worry you?

You yourself have given the reason why percentages lie. It is easy to take care of 2 children than 4 children. Someone could feed and take care of those 2 children with one particular resource very well and get 100% efficiency while if he has 4 children the resources will be stretched thin and reduce efficiency to 15% ,

Kapische?

SEFAGO:

I wasn't dragging any sentiments- the number 1 is an igbo state- I was looking at number 1 and interpreting your statistics

Abi na guilty conscience dey worry you?

You yourself have given the reason why percentages lie. It is easy to take care of 2 children than 4 children. Someone could feed and take care of those 2 children with one particular resource very well and get 100% efficiency while if he has 4 children the resources will be stretched thin and reduce efficiency to 15% ,

Kapische?

Again you work with flawed analysis. Lagos probably makes 10 times or more what Anambra (the e.g. you use)  makes in IGR and gets far more than Anambra in federal allocation. The budget of Lagos is in 100s of billions while Anambra's is in 10s of billion. Where is the money going to?

Probably into Andy Uba's pocket

Sefago,

Abiola (for e.g.), with his millions, could feed his family of hundreds and have some left for charity. The poor Lagosian with 2 kids can hardly feed, clothe, and house his family. So you see that you have given a bad example with your illustration? The huge revenue Lagos gets (over)compensates for its huge population and the opposite is true for other states. Why then are Lagosians impoverished to the extent that many Aboki states are better off?

Report rates Jigawa poorest in Nigeria
From Martin Oloja, Abuja
JIGAWA State has been adjudged the poorest in the country. It leads nine other northern states as the poorest in the country.

This was contained in statistics released on Tuesday at a Stakeholders Forum on the Economy where vital figures were released on the Obasanjo Administration Reforms and outcomes covering 1999 to 2004.

The forum, presided over by President Olusegun Obasanjo, had key drivers of the Obasanjo economic reform agenda presenting data on various sectors of the country's economy. One of them was the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo.

One of the revelations is that Lagos State remains the engine room of the country's economy contributing a whopping 48 per cent of deposit, and 69.96 per cent of total loans in Nigerian banks.

Abuja with heavy government presence in monetary transaction comes a distant second with only 16.86 per cent of deposits and 4.6 per cent of total loans.

According to the 2006 census result, the North leads with a total population of 75,025,166 while the South follows not so closely with 64,978,376 in a result that puts Nigeria's population at 140,003,542.

One of the reports on the economy released to the forum held at the State House Banquet Hall revealed that the Northern part of the country is poorer with Jigawa State on top of the league closely followed by Kebbi State. Others in descending order are Kogi, Bauchi, Kwara, Yobe, Zamfara, Gombe, Sokoto and Adamawa.

In contrast, Bayelsa, with the lowest population figure in the entire South, tops the list of "10 states with the lowest incidence of poverty (Richest States)".

In economic terms, Bayelsa State has the highest per capita income rate in the country followed, interestingly by the politically traumatised Anambra State.

Abia State, comes third, others in this category of "Richest States" are: Oyo, Imo, Rivers, Enugu, Ogun, Osun and Edo.

States not listed by researchers are said to be within the range of mediocrity, neither poor, not rich.

According to the report, which did not blame any governor or any governance factors, even individuals in all the geo-political zones were asked to state how poor they felt they were.

But there is a wide disparity between the verdict of the respondent and the actual incidence of poverty with respondents indicating a higher degree of poverty.

On the state of economic activities in the geo-political zones, the North performs poorly.

All the three zones in the North (excluding FCT), according to the report, have less bank deposit than the South zones.

According to the report: "The poverty status in turn is highly correlated with Adult literacy rates; size of average household; orientation to private sector-led wealth creation as opposed to dependence on government or few people; active intervention of States/Local Governments towards empowerment of the people, etc"

On the performance of the economy, the report claims that "poverty incidence is down from 70 per cent in 1999 to 54 per cent in 2004, but the regions differ, "

In a rider to the report, the researchers indicate that poverty is strongly correlated with size of household and level of education".

But the report is unmistakable in the final analysis that the status of poverty in the polity has been largely enhanced by low productivity in the North.

FCT seems to be the best of them all.

Lowest incidence of poverty and the lowest GINI.

Lagos isn't doing so great, but that maybe because Lagos is taking statistics.

I don't trust Nigerian statistics. We can't even get a census right.


The FG census of Lagos state said it was 7m people, when the state took its own census, lo and behold 15m people living there.

strangleyo:

FCT seems to be the best of them all.

Lowest incidence of poverty and the lowest GINI.

Lagos isn't doing so great, but that maybe because Lagos is taking statistics.

I don't trust Nigerian statistics. We can't even get a census right.


The FG census of Lagos state said it was 7m people, when the state took its own census, lo and behold 15m people living there.

Abuja is best in what?