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Lagos debt hits N1 trillion in 2018; Rivers, Delta follow – Investigation Lagos state on map Ndume advert June 2, 2019Press Release Lagos State, South West Nigeria, is number one among the highly indebted states in Nigeria in both external and domestic debts with N1.043 trillion in 2018, according to the latest report by the Economic Confidential. While the external debt stock of Lagos amounts to N513.514 billion, the local debt stock settled at N530.243 billion. In an investigation just concluded by a team of Economic Confidential researchers on Annual High Indebted States (AHIS) on External and Domestic Debt, the amount owed by Lagos State represents about 20 per cent of the total debts owed by the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) which is N5.376 trillion in 2018. Among the front runners in the highly indebted states for the external debt stock include Edo, Kaduna, Cross River and Bauchi with $276.25m (N99.45bn), $227.25m (N81.81bn), $188.77m (N67.95bn), and $133.93m (N48.21bn) respectively.



Investigations further reveal that among the first five highly indebted states in the local debt stock saw Lagos emerging tops with N530.243 billion, followed by Delta state with N228.805 billion, Rivers with N225.592 billion, Akwa Ibom state with N198.663 billion and Cross River with N167.955 billion. The report further shows that outside Lagos state that is leading the pack on total external and domestic debts with N1.043 trillion, Rivers state is second with N253.772 billion, Delta comes to the third position with N251.589 billion, followed by Cross River in the fourth position with N235.914 billion and the fifth position was grabbed by Akwa Ibom with N215.099 billion. The investigation also brought to the fore that five states made the list of least indebted states in the external debt stock with Taraba state having $21.611m (N7.780bn), followed by Borno with $21.618m(N7.782bn), and Yobe state with $27.486m(N9.895bn) all in North Eastern Nigeria.



The remaining two states of Plateau and Kogi from North Central Nigeria have external debt stock of $28.874m (N10.394bn) and $31.584m (N11.370bn) respectively. Of the 36 states of the federation, five states account for the lowest in both domestic and external debts. They are Yobe, Jigawa, Sokoto, Katsina and Niger. Yobe state has a total of N37.667 billion, Jigawa N46.586 billion, Sokoto with N52.723 billion, while Katsina and Niger states have N53.220 billion and N63.915 billion respectively. Though the Federal Capital Territory is not rated among the 36 states of the federation, its external debt profile for 2018 is $31.848 million (N11.465bn) while the domestic debt is N164.245bn bringing a total of its external and domestic debts to N175.710bn.



The report is coming at a time when several states in the country are backward in terms of internally generated revenue to execute projects that would touch lives apart from the fact that most of these states rely heavily on handouts from the monthly federal allocations from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC). The Economic Confidential recently published a report detailing each states’ revenue generation profile in comparison to their federal allocations and concluded that many states cannot survive without federation accounts, a development regarded as a misnomer in the current economic realities.




https://ebeanonews..com/2019/06/lagos-debt-hits-n1-trillion-in-2018.html

85% of Lagos debt was from Tinubu and Fashola admin.

Born2Breed:
85% of Lagos debt was from Tinubu and Fashola admin.

I think it's because of the high influx of Ogun, ondo, oshun and oyo indigenes who flood into lags and eat up the budget.

These people run away from their state because of the poverty there and stretch our resources in Lagos.

How can we stop them?

Nigerians, I love you all.
One love, peace and unity.

I apologise to anyone I have hurt here knowingly or unknowingly.

I will keep praying for our government of the day for a better Nigeria.

Let peace reign in Nigeria. We are all one.
Nigeria is the only country we have.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD.

LONG LIVE NIGERIA

mybestlove:
Nigerians, I love you all. One love, peace and unity.
I apologise to anyone I have hurt here knowingly or unknowingly.
I will keep praying for our government of the day for a better Nigeria.
Let peace reign in Nigeria. We are all one. Nigeria is the only country we have.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
LONG LIVE NIGERIA

Amen dear

SLAP44:
I think it's because of the high influx of Ogun, ondo, oshun and oyo indigenes who flood into lags and eat up the budget.

These people run away from their state because of the poverty there and stretch our resources in Lagos.

How can we stop them?

I think u meant to say ala igbo

Anambra state owes nothing.
Mr. Peter Obi work.

Many have forgotten that before Mr. Obi anambra state was most difficult state to governon.

Only state that kidnapped a chirting governor.

cogbuagu:
Anambra state owes nothing.
Mr. Peter Obi work.

Many have forgotten that before Mr. Obi anambra state was most difficult state to governon.

Only state that kidnapped a chirting governor.

really?