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All igbo cities shuld appear there.....unless u knw u ar just chewin rubber

Abeg, when did Lagos become a City?
Compare Ikeja with Port Harcourt, Nnewi, Onitsha, Abeokuta, etc and let's see..

Tribalist thread on

As a business man who have done a lot of businesses in Nigeria, I. Would say Lagos tops the list.

Onitsha follows, though a small city but a lot of money in circulation.

Kano, Aba, Nnewi and Ibadan brings up the rear in that order.

No, there are still others

there's nutin in kaduna,jt past glory.i live there

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I never knew that lagos is this beautiful look at the sky scappers, beautiful fly over every were

liberty300:
Lol...

Here's the list here, according to none oil IGR

1. Lagos (technically not a city)

2. Onitsha

3. Aba

4. Nnewi

5. Ogun state (Abeokuta): the steel industry

ACCORDING TO............?

Can you provide a source for that.

I do not know why people dwell on fantasy

http://www.cnbcafrica.com/news/western-africa/2013/12/05/lagos-state-leads-nigerian-states-igr/

Lagos tops IGR report

Last Updated: 12 February 2015|16:00 GMT
Lagos is the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria. PHOTO: Getty images

In the report which was signed by Statistician General, Yemi Kale in collaboration with the Joint Tax Board, Lagos State generated 185.541 billion naira in 2010, 202.761 billion naira in 2011 and 219.202 billion naira in 2012 making it the state with the highest internally generated revenue(IGR).

“First of all, we see patterns. Lagos stands out from the rest of the country, totally in a class of its own. Two, the south is totally different from the north and generally the economies in the north evidently lag behind,” Opeyemi Agbaje, CEO of RTC Advisory Services told CNBC Africa.

According to Agbaje, the data showed the impact of the major population and commercial centres especially in Southern Nigeria.

“So we see that the top seven or eight states are Lagos, Rivers, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Oyo, Enugu, and Cross River. Relatively, the South West stands out even from the rest of the South region. All of these give you a sense around the state of economic development in the regions,” he added.

Rivers State came in behind Lagos state with 173.047 billion naira and a breakdown showed that the state generated 49.585 billion naira in 2010, 57.187 billion naira in 2011 and 66.275 billion naira in 2012.

Delta ranked third with the most IGR, the data revealed that 26.087 billion naira was collected in 2010, 34.750 billion naira in 2011 and 45.566 billion naira in 2012.

“It also reflects the social statistics in terms of education, entrepreneurial activities, the development of businesses, the development of commerce and industries across those regions.”

Nonetheless, most states in the North reported very low IGR’s and Agbaje believes that the social systems in that region are faulty, especially the educational system.

“You can’t build entrepreneurial activity if your people are not educated. You can’t build small businesses, IT businesses, small shops and supermarkets, based on an illiterate population. Principally, the major element for me is, dealing with education,” he explained.

While Sokoto state collected the least IGR of 3.888 biliion naira because the state’s IGR for 2011 and 2012 could not be computed, Yobe State’s IGR declined from 5.960 billion naira in 2010 to 1.785 billion naira in 2012.

“On the part of the Government, it probably reflects the state of the investment climate across regions. So government, have they created infrastructure, have they created incentives, have they created laws, have they created security? All of those things are what would want to make investors invest in the region,” he said.

vicadex07:

Where u put ibadan?

check brown roof section

starwar:
Everybody just dey mention im city......abeg where you put Ila?

that bush in osun state?

vicadex07:


Where u put ibadan?

ibadan is not actually a ECONOMIC VIABLE CITY but civil servants oriented like Enugu coal. That it is large does not make it a viable one. The first 4 cities that sanusi of cbn started the cashless policy are the first tier viable city. They are Lagos, Abuja, Onitsha and Portharcourt. Others are Aba kano kaduna and ibadan. But the first 4 are the most viable economical. Nnewi is invariably included.

I concurr.
The rest just wait for FG to share and give them money...annoying!
How long?!!!

Mprepz:
don't know what aba is doing on that list; those guys are very poor

No, we're not poor...

stinggy:
You guys should stop omitting Abuja. Not as viable as Lagos and PH but if you must list 5 cities, it has to be there.





Minna for what?

why not.

liberty300:
Lol...

Here's the list here, according to none oil IGR

1. Lagos (technically not a city)

2. Onitsha

3. Aba

4. Nnewi

5. Ogun state (Abeokuta): the steel industry

Abeokuta cannot be there because it is civil servant oriented though an ancient city like ib.

A list without Sambisa is a waste of time, do u guyz know how much that 'booms' there daily...

damton:
what of kaduna and minna.

Minna kwa? Nawaooh!

IF ONITSHA,ABA,NNEWI,OWERRI,ENUGU AND AWKA,IS NOT THERE MEANS THIS THREAD IS FULL OF DECEIT

wiseoneking:
ibadan is not actually a ECONOMIC VIABLE CITY but civil servants oriented like Enugu coal. That it is large does not make it a viable one. The first 4 cities that sanusi of cbn started the cashless policy are the first tier viable city. They are Lagos, Abuja, Onitsha and Portharcourt. Others are Aba kano kaduna and ibadan. But the first 4 are the most viable economical. Nnewi is invariably included.

What makes you think Ibadan is a civil servant oriented city like Enugu?

itsIYKE:
All igbo cities shuld appear there.....unless u knw u ar just chewin rubber

all igbo cities for where? Owerri and Enugu may not even be there. Aba, onitsha, Nnewi should be among the first six with lagos topping it. Portharcourt and Abuja. Any thing outside this first six is a joke.

wiseoneking:
all igbo cities for where? Owerri and Enugu may not even be there. Aba, onitsha, Nnewi should be among the first six with lagos topping it. Portharcourt and Abuja. Any thing outside this first six is a joke.

Aba ,onitsha and Nnewi Based on what data.

Let us leave any misguided sense of entitlement and deal with real facts Abia State as we speak cannot generate 15 billion Naira in one year

http://www.punchng.com/business/money/abia-state-targets-n18bn-in-annual-igr/Abia State targets N18bn in annual IGR
August 24, 2015 : Oyetunji Abioye



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Abia State governor, Okezie Ikpeazu

Abia State governor, Okezie Ikpeazu

Abia State Government is targeting an annual Internally Generated Revenue of N18bn, as the state’s new administration steps up efforts to plug leakages and increase its revenue profile.

Declining global oil prices have forced many state governments to begin the process of boosting their IGRs in a bid to achieve their development goals.

The Senior Special Assistant (Communications) to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, Mr. Sam Hart, told journalists in Lagos that the state was working to increase its IGR from N400m currently to about N1.5bn monthly within the new government’s first year in office.
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This is expected to lead to an annual IGR of N18bn.

Hart said, “We are harmonising our tax system so there is no more multiple taxations. We are targeting N1.5bn monthly within the first one year. Currently, we are on N400m monthly. And we would realise this by minimal introduction of taxes.

“Already, the bulk of the taxes that are paid go into private pockets. So we want to block all these leakages. If we are able to block these leakages, you would be shocked what we would be able to realise.

“This is why we have engaged private consultants. There is a threshold. We would give them a target before they can take their percentage.”

The SSA said the government had already saved N160m from eliminating ghost workers in the state’s labour force.

While expressing hope that it would save up to N300m in one year through the biometric validation of the staff of ministries, departments and agencies, Hart expressed confidence that the administration’s efforts to plug revenue leakages would produce significant results.

He added, “We cannot continue to use 80 per cent of our revenue to service workers, who accounts 5.5 per cent of our population. We want capital expenditure to be more than recurrent. The governor himself has slashed his salary and the aides are all sacrificing to get this system to work.”

According to Hart, the government is giving serious attention to commerce the plan to re-establish the state as a commercial hub.

He said due to the collapse of infrastructure and bad roads, major investments meant to be sited in the state had been diverted to other states.

However, he said efforts and plans were already at an advanced stage to make the state an investors’ haven.

He stated that a board that would ensure that made-in-Aba goods met global standards would be unveiled very soon.

The SSA said, “We would establish and enforce global quality standards in our industries. Another bill that is at the House of Assembly is the Abia State Standards Board. We want to make sure people can be proud to buy made-in-Aba products.”

“When our standards board is established, it means that whatever is coming out bearing the brand made-in-Aba meets a minimum acceptable standard according to global best practices. No more haphazard things. When we have this quality board, it would ensure that things are done properly. For example, why should the NYSC import their boots when it can be made in Aba?

He further said, “We want to be Nigeria’s second strongest economy behind Lagos State; to have a vibrant agricultural and agro-allied processing sector. Aba is an industrial centre that can be easily compared to Lagos. We plan to have at least five modern global standard markets serving West and Central Africa and a strong hub for Nigerian content activities for the oil and gas sector.”



Make we hear word abeg

http://dailyindependentnig.com/2014/10/ogun-targets-n10b-monthly-igr/



WHILST ABIA IS TARGETTING 18 BILLION IGR OGUN IS TARGETTING 120 BILLION

Compare and contrast

benebaby77:
Where do u put Ilorin? a city Present Senate President and his puppet, Governor Ahmad Fatai developed...

The state that pays her workers in advance...

The state of no or little poverty...


The state of lowest unemployment rate.


Your list is not complete without it

Ilorin of united states abi? Dis cant be kwara state.

pus97:


First of all that city is not in Nigeria. It is in western Nigeria.

First of all, that city is not Lagos. It is call Victoria island.


There is a difference between Lagos island and Lagos state.

When they say Oba of Lagos. They are not talking about Lagos state, they are talking about Lagos island.

Lagos state is divided into cities

Victoria island is a city.

Lagos island is a city
Ikorodu is a city.
Ikeja is a city

Mr man stop saying what you don't know, there is a city called Lagos inside Lagos state. Lagos is divided into five admistrative divisions namely;
Ikeja
Ikorodu
Epe
Badagry and
Lagos.

So the Lagos city is the administrative division of Lagos, starting from mainland local government to Lagos island and eti-osa (obalende, ikoyi and Victoria island)

The Chest beaters alway make noise about Aba Nnewi and Onitsha ,The truth is bitter , Those places are dumps that do not contribute to economic viability of the respective states,


Yaiyadiyadiyadi

Someone will soon remind us the US Army buys drones in Onitsha and it is the biggest market in the Milky Way

The subject matter is ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF STATES let us not forget

TheRealAdonye:
Abeg, when did Lagos become a City?
Compare Ikeja with Port Harcourt, Nnewi, Onitsha, Abeokuta, etc and let's see..

you are absolutely right. Lagos is a metropolitant city. If we go by that we may come up with at least two viable city in lagos: ikeja and vi/ikoyi ie lagos Island. I dont think there is any far more than these two places in Lagos state. Remove this two, lagos will just be like any state. I have said it before, Abeokuta, owerri and co are not actually economically viable, not even the big city of ibadan or Enugu. This places are domain of civil servants and where people enjoy their money and retirement. That does not mean they are not great cities in their own respect.

ZUBY77:
As a business man who have done a lot of businesses in Nigeria, I. Would say Lagos tops the list.

Onitsha follows, though a small city but a lot of money in circulation.

Kano, Aba, Nnewi and Ibadan brings up the rear in that order.

Lol! Ibadan behind onitsha, aba and nnewi? These people no go kee persin with laff ooo. Na winch?

Oshiomole Edo no dey the list?

Useless statistics without a single fact.

Dead youths