Exposed: Jan, 2015 Federal
Allocation - Does The South-West Deserve This
“As released by the Federal Ministry of Finance, the total allocation to all the South-West states, namely, Lagos, Osun, Oyo, Ondo, Ekiti and Ogun for January this year and shared in February was N15.1 billion, while Akwa Ibom State alone with a population less than 3 million people got N13.9 billion!”.
“For the same period. Bayelsa State, at arguably 2 million people, got N10 billion and Rivers State got N10.3 billion. Between Kano and Jigawa states, which used to be one state like Lagos State, they got N7 billion. Lagos State only got N3.4 billion.
“If you remove Ekiti State with the lowest allocation of just N2.3 billion, Akwa Ibom State alone gets more allocation than the rest of the South-West states put together including Lagos. And guess what? Hundreds of thousands of Akwa Ibom State citizens are in Lagos State enjoying the state’s free education”. “If you multiply the total allocation to the South-West states at N15 billion per month by 12, you have N180 billion per year! This is less than 30% of what the FG make from the Lagos Seaports alone, don’t even talk about VAT that Lagos contributes over 60% of the total accrual to the FG.
“Yet some morons will tell me we live on Niger Delta oil.”
“Now, my State Governor can’t pay his workers because of this systemic injustice. It is either we start the implementation of regional based fiscal federalism now or we should go our different ways.

cc: lalasticlala

You are a beggar you have no choice...
Niger delta produces the oil, Or you think is easy? Land degradation and everything disaster...

What have those South west produced??

NOBLEDANDY:
You are a beggar you have no choice...
Niger delta produces the oil, Or you think is easy? Land degradation and everything disaster...

What have those South west produced??

Beggar...hmmm

Do you know what the FG makes in form of taxes from companies in the southwest? Do you have any idea of what they make from Apapa sea port daily?

sureguy02:


Beggar...hmmm

Do you know what the FG makes in form of taxes from companies in the southwest? Do you have any idea of what they make from Apapa sea port daily?

Guess you know those States can improve on their IGR like Lagos and Ogun are doing. Note also that Lagos has the highest IGR from the companies within her domain and nobody is saying anything chaotic about it. All States should do more to improve on their IGR. You should also note that you may not survive a week if taken to some of those creeks that have been destroyed by what keeps the economy running today. Let's give peace a chance. God bless Nigeria.

your Lagos was built with oil money.if we decide to have our own seaport,ur Lagos will be another Niamey.

finniblinks:
your Lagos was built with oil money.if we decide to have our own seaport,ur Lagos will be another Niamey.

Very smart reply. Thanks