Rank State km²
1 Niger State 76,363
2 Borno State 70,898
3 Taraba State 54,473
4 Kaduna State 46,053
5 Bauchi State 45,837
6 Yobe State 45,502
7 Zamfara State 39,762
8 Adamawa State 36,917
9 Kwara State 36,825
10 Kebbi State 36,800
11 Benue State 34,059
12 Plateau State 30,913
13 Kogi State 29,833
14 Oyo State 28,454
15 Nasarawa State 27,117
16 Sokoto State 25,973
17 Katsina State 24,192
18 Jigawa State 23,154
19 Cross River State 20,156
20 Kano State 20,131
21 Gombe State 18,768
22 Edo State 17,802
23 Delta State 17,698
24 Ogun State 16,762
25 Ondo State 15,500
26 Rivers State 11,077
27 Bayelsa State 10,773
28 Osun State 9,251
- Abuja Federal Capital Territory 7,315
29 Enugu State 7,161
30 Akwa Ibom State 7,081
31 Ekiti State 6,353
32 Abia State 6,320
33 Ebonyi State 5,670
34 Imo State 5,100
35 Anambra State 4,844
36 Lagos State 3,345

States with the very large land space appears to be least on the table of development.

- Health

- Education

- Urban/Rural development

- Job

- Industrialization

- Human development Index (HDI)

oneeast: States with the very large land space appears to be least on the table of development.

- Health

- Education

- Urban/Rural development

- Job

- Industrialization

- Human development Index (HDI)

....all in a bid to make the southeast look like paradise. Foolishness! Aren't you thesame folks that complain that abia state is very dirty and lacks basic infrastructure? Was it not last week we saw pictures of abia state university looking like a pigry? You guys Lack land for agriculture; even the little you have is steadily getting demolished by erosion. How many standard stadiums do you have in your region? Are your universities in the top 15 in nigeria? How many world class markets do you have in your region that other regions don't have times 3 of it(pls don't mention that dirty araria market)? If you guys have enough jobs iin the southeast, then why do your brothers flee the region to other regions as if it's plagued. An ibo chieftain once said that ibadan alone has more ibos than ebonyi state. What industries do you have down there? How come your youths don't want to work there? Why always lagos, ibadan, kano, kaduna etc? Pls grow up and stop this dick comparison cos it leads your tribe nowhere. The best to do is to try and integrate in this one nigeria cos to think of it, your south east which is vulnerable to erosion won't be enough to contain the whole of ibos that'll return to it. PEACE

oneeast: States with the very large land space appears to be least on the table of development.

- Health

- Education

- Urban/Rural development

- Job

- Industrialization

- Human development Index (HDI)

i totally agree...but the root cause of underdevelopment in those states is caused by CORRUPTION AND IGNORANCE.

TribalEAST: ....all in a bid to make the southeast look like paradise. Foolishness! Aren't you thesame folks that complain that abia state is very dirty and lacks basic infrastructure? Was it not last week we saw pictures of abia state university looking like a pigry? You guys Lack land for agriculture; even the little you have is steadily getting demolished by erosion. How many standard stadiums do you have in your region? Are your universities in the top 15 in nigeria? How many world class markets do you have in your region that other regions don't have times 3 of it(pls don't mention that dirty araria market)? If you guys have enough jobs iin the southeast, then why do your brothers flee the region to other regions as if it's plagued. An ibo chieftain once said that ibadan alone has more ibos than ebonyi state. What industries do you have down there? How come your youths don't want to work there? Why always lagos, ibadan, kano, kaduna etc? Pls grow up and stop this dick comparison cos it leads your tribe nowhere. The best to do is to try and integrate in this one nigeria cos to think of it, your south east which is vulnerable to erosion won't be enough to contain the whole of ibos that'll return to it. PEACE

U DONT HAVE TO INSULT HIM

Your insecurity is actually what is driving you crazy.lol

There are no Igbos in yolobarland except u mean Lagos which an FG enclave.

Nobody is competing with u because u and ur region are still at the heel of development going by the core indices of development I list above only trailing the north. So stop crying when nobody is beating u..

TribalEAST: ....all in a bid to make the southeast look like paradise. Foolishness! Aren't you thesame folks that complain that abia state is very dirty and lacks basic infrastructure? Was it not last week we saw pictures of abia state university looking like a pigry? You guys Lack land for agriculture; even the little you have is steadily getting demolished by erosion. How many standard stadiums do you have in your region? Are your universities in the top 15 in nigeria? How many world class markets do you have in your region that other regions don't have times 3 of it(pls don't mention that dirty araria market)? If you guys have enough jobs iin the southeast, then why do your brothers flee the region to other regions as if it's plagued. An ibo chieftain once said that ibadan alone has more ibos than ebonyi state. What industries do you have down there? How come your youths don't want to work there? Why always lagos, ibadan, kano, kaduna etc? Pls grow up and stop this dick comparison cos it leads your tribe nowhere. The best to do is to try and integrate in this one nigeria cos to think of it, your south east which is vulnerable to erosion won't be enough to contain the whole of ibos that'll return to it. PEACE

oneeast: States with the very large land space appears to be least on the table of development.

- Health

- Education

- Urban/Rural development

- Job

- Industrialization

- Human development Index (HDI)

Development is more of a product of people's effort

Most indigenes of less developed states are to be held responsible for their states undevelopment

Eg

The resources the indigenes of Borno should have invested into transforming Born into the food and agro-allied base of Africa were spent on preaching the supremacy of Islam which today has given birth to Boko Haram


We must know that development does not fall from heaven but are creation of people's effort

U are right on the corruption menace but apart from that those states with large landmass are either plagued by flood or drought as seen in the north which effetctively renders greater percent of the land useless..

tobtap:
i totally agree...but the root cause of underdevelopment in those states is caused by CORRUPTION AND IGNORANCE.

Nigeria is an under developed country

oneeast: U are right on the corruption menace but apart from that those states with large landmass are either plagued by flood or drought as seen in the north which effetctively renders greater percent of the land useless..

That is not true

Flooding and drought are not the problem but lack of numerous personal effort in achieving community development due to their orientation that development is the sole responsibility of government

A state like Borno is about 10th on the revenue allocation list. Yet at the bottom of all development indices.

U are very precise and concise on ur analysis..

BlackTechnology:


Development is more of a product of people's effort

Most indigenes of less developed states are to be held responsible for their states undevelopment

Eg

The resources the indigenes of Borno should have invested into transforming Born into the food and agro-allied base of Africa were spent on preaching the supremacy of Islam which today has given birth to Boko Haram


We must know that development does not fall from heaven but are creation of people's effort

I see Bornu as the future cashcow- uranium deposits

atlwireles: A state like Borno is about 10th on the revenue allocation list. Yet at the bottom of all development indices.

oneeast: I see Bornu as the future cashcow- uranium deposits

When will that happen? By the way people are already mining and selling Borno Uranium ore, just as they mined and sold Zamfara lead ore. Till, lead poisoning exposed them.

I'm talking of commercial mining that will place Bornu on the world map. The same reason Boko Haram wants a hold on the state.

atlwireles:

When will that happen? By the way people are already mining and selling Borno Uranium ore, just as they mined and sold Zamfara lead ore. Till, lead poisoning exposed them.

oneeast: U are very precise and concise on ur analysis..

oneeast: I see Bornu as the future cashcow- uranium deposits

atlwireles:
When will that happen? By the way people are already mining and selling Borno Uranium ore, just as they mined and sold Zamfara lead ore. Till, lead poisoning exposed them.

Thanks for this revelation


Both of you

do you think my theory that illegal mining is one of BH's sources of funds apart from political and foreign funds is correct

oneeast: I'm talking of commercial mining that will place Bornu on the world map. The same reason Boko Haram wants a hold on the state.

I like your optimistic believe but Borno has being lost forever.

looking at Nigeria's political operations, no Southern led FG will strive to kick out BH and all Northern led FG might not address the issue because of their attitude of not wanting to share their resources

BlackTechnology:


Thanks for this revelation


Both of you

do you think my theory that illegal mining is one of BH's sources of funds apart from political and foreign funds is correct

Mining is big business in northern Nigeria. Employs tens of thousands, Boko haram might connections there, I don't have any facts to back it up. Ores like lead ore, zinc ore, columbite ore, tantalite ore etc, have mined and sold from northern Nigeria for years. Creating a source of income for many. The only people loosing out are southerners and government revenue agencies.

atlwireles:

Mining is big business in northern Nigeria. Employs tens of thousands, Boko haram might connections there, I don't have any facts to back it up. Ores like lead ore, zinc ore, columbite ore, tantalite ore etc, have mined and sold from northern Nigeria for years. Creating a source of income for many. The only people loosing out are southerners and government revenue agencies.

No wonder they opposed 18% derivation for solid minerals and insisted on 5% so as to make it look less attractive which will cause FG not to look towards that direction

They do not want to share their resources

How do they think God will bless them.

No wonder poverty is their bed mate

atlwireles: A state like Borno is about 10th on the revenue allocation list. Yet at the bottom of all development indices.

^^^Check again; it's much higher!

I don't know the 'magic' they did to make states like Bornu and Katsina receive more allocation than states like Imo and Abia which they tell us are oyel producing!

TribalEAST: The best to do is to try and integrate in this one nigeria cos to think of it, your south east which is vulnerable to erosion won't be enough to contain the whole of ibos that'll return to it. PEACE

Why not let Igbos worry about that? Could it be because you need the one Nigeria more than them? Since when did you start caring about the welfare of Igbos? Nonsense.

tobtap:
U DONT HAVE TO INSULT HIM

the guy is always a foool

FG should look into the Uranium mining going on secretly in Bornu..

oneeast: FG should look into the Uranium mining going on secretly in Bornu..

Yes especially now that we all know that some of them are ready to secede as spoken by lamido of Adamawa

Collynzo17:
Why not let Igbos worry about that? Could it be because you need the one Nigeria more than them? Since when did you start caring about the welfare of Igbos? Nonsense.

no one needs one nigeria more than the ibos. Your people don't stay in their own region; your land is not adequate for agriculture; erosion ravaged land; clamoring to be deputy gov of a state in another man's region; aka ikenga holding its meetings in lagos; investing in another man's region etc. Only fools take your clamor for Biafra serious.