₦airaland Forum

ogologoamu:
Don't look down on seaport and intl airports.

Maduawuchukwu:
This was the IGR figures in Nigeria as at 2014.

In that year, the South-East generated about 61.1 billion Naira in IGR while the South west minus Lagos generated 57.3 billion Naira. Are you now going to tell me that between 2014-2015 the economy of the south-east became very "unviable" and worse than that of the North-central and the North-west? Abeg leave trash for LAWMA. We all know how states treat IGR as far as their FAAC is okay for them.
Blue3k where are you? Come and comment.

Mazeltovscotty:
The whole south east region is just a little bit richer than Davido with 19billion. Davido has 30billion in his account while south east has 49billion
Lolzzzzzzzzz

Mazeltovscotty:
The whole south east region is just a little bit richer than Davido with 19billion. Davido has 30billion in his account while south east has 49billion
Lolzzzzzzzzz

baridamben:
1) South-West: N404 Billion
2) South-South: N198 Billion
3) North-West: N69 Billion
4) North-Central: N54 Billion
5) South-East: N49 Billion
6) North-East: N29 Billion
.
Breakdown:
.
South-West
Lagos: 302,425,091,964
Ogun: 72,983,120,003
Oyo: 18,879,084,132
Osun: 8,884,756,040
Ondo: 8,684,406,573
Ekiti: 2,991,041,855

Total: 414,847,500,567
.
South-South
Rivers: 85,287,038,971
Delta: 44,057,915,472
Edo: 23,041,425,599
Akwaibom: 23,269,750,752
C/river: 14,776,808,331
Bayelsa: 7,905,458,280

Total: 198,338,397,405
.
North-Central
Kwara: 17,253,829,559
Kogi: 9,569,124,487
Benue: 9,556,495,064
Plateau: 9,191,372,277
Nassarawa: 3,402,616,062
Niger: 5,881,584,409
.
Total: 54,855,021,858
.
North-West:
Kano: 30,959,027,531
Kaduna: 17,051,864,537
Zamfara: 4,777,169,537
Sokoto: 4,545,765,527
Katsina: 5,545,900,833
Jigawa: 3,535,349,908
Kebbi: 3,132,343,261
.
Total: 69,547,421,134
.
South-East:
Enugu: 14,235,512,227
Abia: 12,694,839,539
Imo: 5,871,026,976
Ebonyi: 2,342,092,225
Anambra: 14,791,175,253
.
Total: 49,934,646,220
.
North-East
Bauchi: 8,677,265,878
Adamawa: 5,788,979,592
Gombe: 2,941,438,110
Yobe: 3,240,867,567
Borno: 2,675,723,063
Taraba: 5,895,538,974
.
Total: 29,219,813,184
.
Please note that economic activities in the north-east has suffered greatly from the war against Boko Haram. Another thing that is clear from this statistics is that every region in Nigeria depends on oil from the Niger Delta. It is not as if they can't work harder to survive without oil money, but if you compare what they're generating currently to what they're receiving in federation account allocation, then you would understand why they're so lazy.
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Another thing from the statistics is that the South-West is the only region in Nigeria that can survive right now no matter what happens in the oil industry. Funny enough, they're also the only region making the least noise and focusing completely on development. No wonder the economy of the country is controlled by individuals from that region.
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Another thing to point out from this statistics is that the south-east has no superiority claim over the north. It is pure wickedness for those who clamour for Biafra to watch the economy of that region suffer while they preach about what would've been if they had their pipe dream. Why have all those who are promising to make Biafra heaven on earth not coming up with those ideas to improve the IGR of the south-eastern states, so as to at least improve the living condition of the people living there? Look at Lagos, look at Ogun, look at Kano, look at Rivers State and the high IGR they all command... Igbos are one of the biggest contributors to those IGRs, not by force but by choice, and they do so by freely associating with people from those regions. But Ogun State alone generates more revenue than all the south-eastern states combined, which means that on the strength of this statistics, it is arguable that the Igbos do better by associating with other people, and will perform woefully by staying on their own.

ShaqFu:
I hope Nnamdi Kanu and his bunch of IpOb miscreants are not alien to facts. I wonder what they'll survive on given the stats above if their feeble dream of Biafra becomes a reality.

Blue3k:
Compared to other states sure. Would you say the states that improves didn't become more viable. Times changed. If we start removing outliers. The chart wouldn't be much different.

TheArchangel:
And the revenues generated from businesses established cos of the proximity to the ports goes to who I think you are the stark illiterate here

Maduawuchukwu:
The IGR of a state is an indication of its viability. It might be actually more viable or less viable than its IGR suggests. IGR is within the realm of states and Is not uniform in implementation so a state can choose to ignore increasing its IGR in order not to offend citizens or bigwigs who own businesses therefore a state with a massive base can have low IGR based on the government's orientation. You can even see it in the case of the Ebonyi which had an IGR of 11 billion in 2014 as compared to Imo a far more developed state with only 8 billion Naira. These Is all as a result of the state governments orientation.
It is impossible for states like Kano and Kaduna to become more viable than Enugu in just 3 years if we use IGR as a concrete measure of viability. Only a war or an extreme economic miracle which every one would have noticed can produce this. This to me just shows that the results of the different regions are all about willingness to derive tax.

baridamben:
1) South-West: N404 Billion
2) South-South: N198 Billion
3) North-West: N69 Billion
4) North-Central: N54 Billion
5) South-East: N49 Billion
6) North-East: N29 Billion
.
Breakdown:
.
South-West
Lagos: 302,425,091,964
Ogun: 72,983,120,003
Oyo: 18,879,084,132
Osun: 8,884,756,040
Ondo: 8,684,406,573
Ekiti: 2,991,041,855

Total: 414,847,500,567
.
South-South
Rivers: 85,287,038,971
Delta: 44,057,915,472
Edo: 23,041,425,599
Akwaibom: 23,269,750,752
C/river: 14,776,808,331
Bayelsa: 7,905,458,280

Total: 198,338,397,405
.
North-Central
Kwara: 17,253,829,559
Kogi: 9,569,124,487
Benue: 9,556,495,064
Plateau: 9,191,372,277
Nassarawa: 3,402,616,062
Niger: 5,881,584,409
.
Total: 54,855,021,858
.
North-West:
Kano: 30,959,027,531
Kaduna: 17,051,864,537
Zamfara: 4,777,169,537
Sokoto: 4,545,765,527
Katsina: 5,545,900,833
Jigawa: 3,535,349,908
Kebbi: 3,132,343,261
.
Total: 69,547,421,134
.
South-East:
Enugu: 14,235,512,227
Abia: 12,694,839,539
Imo: 5,871,026,976
Ebonyi: 2,342,092,225
Anambra: 14,791,175,253
.
Total: 49,934,646,220
.
North-East
Bauchi: 8,677,265,878
Adamawa: 5,788,979,592
Gombe: 2,941,438,110
Yobe: 3,240,867,567
Borno: 2,675,723,063
Taraba: 5,895,538,974
.
Total: 29,219,813,184
.
Please note that economic activities in the north-east has suffered greatly from the war against Boko Haram. Another thing that is clear from this statistics is that every region in Nigeria depends on oil from the Niger Delta. It is not as if they can't work harder to survive without oil money, but if you compare what they're generating currently to what they're receiving in federation account allocation, then you would understand why they're so lazy.
.
Another thing from the statistics is that the South-West is the only region in Nigeria that can survive right now no matter what happens in the oil industry. Funny enough, they're also the only region making the least noise and focusing completely on development. No wonder the economy of the country is controlled by individuals from that region.
.
Another thing to point out from this statistics is that the south-east has no superiority claim over the north. It is pure wickedness for those who clamour for Biafra to watch the economy of that region suffer while they preach about what would've been if they had their pipe dream. Why have all those who are promising to make Biafra heaven on earth not coming up with those ideas to improve the IGR of the south-eastern states, so as to at least improve the living condition of the people living there? Look at Lagos, look at Ogun, look at Kano, look at Rivers State and the high IGR they all command... Igbos are one of the biggest contributors to those IGRs, not by force but by choice, and they do so by freely associating with people from those regions. But Ogun State alone generates more revenue than all the south-eastern states combined, which means that on the strength of this statistics, it is arguable that the Igbos do better by associating with other people, and will perform woefully by staying on their own.

Mazeltovscotty:
The whole south east region is just a little bit richer than Davido with 19billion. Davido has 30billion in his account while south east has 49billion
Lolzzzzzzzzz

Stickel:
No source?

Mazeltovscotty:
The whole south east region is just a little bit richer than Davido with 19billion. Davido has 30billion in his account while south east has 49billion
Lolzzzzzzzzz

TheArchangel:
The revenue generation tilts more to the southwest cos of the presence of the nation's seaports. Establish ports in the SS and see all this stats balancing.
The proximity of businesses close to ports is a major factor here. Check the revenues of those farther from the seaports and you'll understand perfectly.

Blue3k:
If Ebonyi government is full of liers who feel the need skew stats lower to please bigwigs. Then they have bigger issues than IGR to worry about. They are probably stealing tax revenue. Kano and Kaduna improved due to better tax collection and the engaged in some pretty nice projects.

Viablity only says that they can survive with better without federal government allocation. It doesn't they more developed or have less poverty. It doesn't even care for per capita numbers.

Yes it is the willingness to tax. That's all IGR is. Ogun growth was result of good policy. It's also the reason states like Delta regressed.

ProWalker:
The Insurance business is firmly in the hands of the Yoruba.
The real Estate sector is almost 95% of the SW is in their grip
The inter SW transport (including Lagos) is almost 99% in their hands.
The downstream oil trading ( petrol stations) is almost 100% their
The stocks of the bluest of the blue chip companies is in there own.
The most capitalized bank and best performing bank in Nigeria is own by them
The ICT business is firmly in their grip.
They operates more than 2/3 of the port Terminal and shipping companies.
The list is endless.
The problem is that the Yorubas don't make noise unlike Igbos.

Now, tell me apart from trading in imported items, tell me the commercial areas Igbos are better.

YorubaForum:
This is total crap, everything in nigeria is based on politics and propaganda even feeding.. How can you tell me that north-west and north-Central generated revenue more than south-east, what are they producing?...How many mineral resources do they have?. .rubbish...even apart from Lagos, south west should be the lowest on that chart..

baridamben:
1) South-West: N404 Billion
2) South-South: N198 Billion
3) North-West: N69 Billion
4) North-Central: N54 Billion
5) South-East: N49 Billion
6) North-East: N29 Billion
.
Breakdo
.
South-South
Rivers: 85,287,038,971
Delta: 44,057,915,472
Edo: 23,041,425,599
Akwaibom: 23,269,750,752
C/river: 14,776,808,331
Bayelsa: 7,905,458,280

Total: 198,338,397,405
.
North-Central
Kwara: 17,253,829,559
Kogi: 9,569,124,487
Benue: 9,556,495,064
Plateau: 9,191,372,277
Nassarawa: 3,402,616,062
Niger: 5,881,584,409
.
Total: 54,855,021,858
.
North-West:
Kano: 30,959,027,531
Kaduna: 17,051,864,537
Zamfara: 4,777,169,537
Sokoto: 4,545,765,527
Katsina: 5,545,900,833
Jigawa: 3,535,349,908
Kebbi: 3,132,343,261
.
Total: 69,547,421,134
.
South-East:
Enugu: 14,235,512,227
Abia: 12,694,839,539
Imo: 5,871,026,976
Ebonyi: 2,342,092,225
Anambra: 14,791,175,253
.
Total: 49,934,646,220
.
North-East
Bauchi: 8,677,265,878
Adamawa: 5,788,979,592
Gombe: 2,941,438,110
Yobe: 3,240,867,567
Borno: 2,675,723,063
Taraba: 5,895,538,974
.
Total: 29,219,813,184
.
Please note that economic activities in the north-east has suffered greatly from the war against Boko Haram. Another thing that is clear from this statistics is that every region in Nigeria depends on oil from the Niger Delta. It is not as if they can't work harder to survive without oil money, but if you compare what they're generating currently to what they're receiving in federation account allocation, then you would understand why they're so lazy.
.
Another thing from the statistics is that the South-West is the only region in Nigeria that can survive right now no matter what happens in the oil industry. Funny enough, they're also the only region making the least noise and focusing completely on development. No wonder the economy of the country is controlled by individuals from that region.
.
Another thing to point out from this statistics is that the south-east has no superiority claim over the north. It is pure wickedness for those who clamour for Biafra to watch the economy of that region suffer while they preach about what would've been if they had their pipe dream. Why have all those who are promising to make Biafra heaven on earth not coming up with those ideas to improve the IGR of the south-eastern states, so as to at least improve the living condition of the people living there? Look at Lagos, look at Ogun, look at Kano, look at Rivers State and the high IGR they all command... Igbos are one of the biggest contributors to those IGRs, not by force but by choice, and they do so by freely associating with people from those regions. But Ogun State alone generates more revenue than all the south-eastern states combined, which means that on the strength of this statistics, it is arguable that the Igbos do better by associating with other people, and will perform woefully by staying on their own.

reptile1:
These are drug junkies from Yoruba land. Perhaps u dont know your brothers anymore

TheArchangel:
The excuse will continue to haunt Nigerians till they do the right thing.
Imagine having seaports concentrated on one axis and expect more income from the other axis. What hypocrisy. Why should every commodities needed by 180 million Nigerians be imported from Lagos-Ogun axis? Who made it so and who is benefiting most from it?? And he is here typing stale excuses. Smh.
You can't wriggle yourself out of the excuse cos you know deep down that it is the obvious facts. Get ONNE and calabar seaports working for now and see what will happen in 2 years.

AK481:
This has nothing to do with standard of living.

This stat will only favor those that pay tax accurately especially worker on PAYE.

An average Igbo man has his own business and with that u can't actually estimate how much tax he will pay.

In market,all the govt can do is to say each shop should pay say 1000 monthly as levy.


But he will not be able to estimate how much goods is in each persons shop.


Igbos don't actually pay tax but using igr to judge standard of living is not correct.

Maduawuchukwu:
I did not imply or expressly say that Ebonyi was forging it's Tax stats. I only said that they are more serious in collecting tax than Imo a more developed state however you cannot call them more viable than Imo State because if the Federal Allocation goes burst then states will disregard their tax inhibitions as a result of free money and go full throttle on IGR and it is then ACTUAL VIABILITY will show.
And I leave in Kaduna. The higher IGR of KD is a result of efficient taxation and not projects. Kaduna has not reached the state where it can start benefiting from its improving business climate. That will take a long time. See Akwa Iboms case for reference.

TheArchangel:
The revenue generation tilts more to the southwest cos of the presence of the nation's seaports. Establish ports in the SS and see all this stats balancing.
The proximity of businesses close to ports is a major factor here. Check the revenues of those farther from the seaports and you'll understand perfectly.

ifeco4:
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Can't U pass ur message across without been a tribalistic? What's your business about Biafra agitation (Oh I see, U are afraid that the moment Biafra is restored, BIAFRANs will move in great number down to BIAFRANs land thereby reducing the so called internally generated revenue from the West to 20 or 10 percent. 70% of firms, industries, establishments and businesses that pays tax in South West are owned and controlled by the BIAFRANs so I understand ur fears but it's too late to cry foul

GuyfawkesAB:
Small time you people will come again and tell us that igbos pay 60% of tax in Lagos. When you know that it is easier to tax paid jobs in the organized sectors.
While shop owners amd importers can evade tax easily by understating their business or not declaring their true earnings.

Make una dey reason well o.

GuyfawkesAB:
A lot of Igbo businesses are not properly or fully declared. That's why a lot of them don't pay tax.
That's why I always laugh when they say they pay more tax in Lagos. Can a shop owner who doesn't fully declares his businesses or evades tax altogether pay more than someone in an office under the PAYE system? Lot's of them import goods amd after they pay customs and excise duties, they evade tax or pay lower because it's easy for them to understate their earnings.
It's the same fate the SE states are suffering now - low IGR because despite the seemingly big commercial activities going on, a lot of it are understated or not even stated at all.

TheAngry1:
Developers=49 Billion! Too much talk, no substance.

Billyonaire:
FG is at the mercy of SS Biafrans, if we hear GBIIIMMMM....Its over. We old everyone on the balls.

TheArchangel:
The revenue generation tilts more to the southwest cos of the presence of the nation's seaports. Establish ports in the SS and see all this stats balancing.
The proximity of businesses close to ports is a major factor here. Check the revenues of those farther from the seaports and you'll understand perfectly.

EvilMetahuman:
Came late again.

I see them flat heads have been properly schooled.