Logic Mind:

as SE does not contribute anything to nigeria, can they be allowed to go and form their own country?

Olodo, if Nigeria stops producing oil today, the largest revenue earner for the government comes from the contribution of Easterners, custom and excise duties. What does that tell you?

Easterners contribute the largest and the bulk of revenue earner, oil.
Easterners contribute the second largest, which is custom and excise duties.

Then what does the SW contribute?

Most of the palm oil you eat in Nigeria (North and Lagos) comes from states such as Imo, Abia, Anambra and the SS states (minus Bayelsa)

Nchara:

That is how they claim . They only own local champions like Punch, Tribune and Nation. The really big papers are owned by SS (many Igbo by origin) and SE people.
Apart from the oil selling companies which we now know are thieving cabals, I do not remember any notable company owned by a Yoruba.
Glo is owned by IBB and not Adenuga.Most companies in Lagos are owned by outsides or by the public (all Nigerians0 r are multi nationals

My brother, what we are seeing here is the sort of blind jealousy that is the product of a useless set of leaders. What exemplary behaviour can come from those who pitch their tent with a drug baron and serial forger as leader? A subsidy thieving mongrel that has made ethnic bigotry a campaign tool?

Like leader, like follower; the followers will only begin to behave like drug barons, serial forgers and ethnic bigots. We can see the direct result on the streets with NURTW and area boys taking over and OPC matching with guns and matchettes in public.
When the followers look around and see that they are occupying the ditch their leaders shat in; na HEAVY jealousy dem go begin take wound us na!

No surprises.

You better stop deceivin yourself, the southwest will alwys sustain themselves, they produce a lotta things, cocoa in ondo, coal in iseyin, bitumen and limestone in ogun, crude oil in lagos, ogun and ondo, rubber and gold in ilesha. And besides, in production business of plastics, mattress, papers, glass, brewies etc. You think they'll import? Well maybe things like onions, beans and rice but d rest, forget it. So stop shouting! Especially those that knws nothin but oil. I still respects d deltans.

Yoruba Animals with a combination of Hausa Malus  
We The South East and South South dont produce anything in your little mornonic brains yet we have asked you guys to let us go.!! Since you guys produce everything, we are ready to die of hunger then.  

JUST LET US GO AND BE OUR UNITED BIAFRA OR BIAFRA AND THE SOUTH SOUTH REPUBLIC RESPECTIVELY LET THE Yoruba'S FEED ON THEIR COCA AND HUMAN RESOURCES WHICH THEY CLAIM TO BE IN ABUNDANCE AND GIVE US THE SOUTH EAST 5 YEARS AND YOU CAN COME AND COMPARE HOW WE HAVE DIED AND MAYBE TAKE THE NATURAL RESOURCES THEN . BUNCH OF DIRTY, STINKING AND ILLITRATE ANIMALS LIKE THE Yorubas AND THE HAUSA'S  

We dont claim or rant too much like you parrots and jackals (Yorubas and hausas) respectively we prefer to prove our CRITICS WRONG AND THAT WE WILL KEEP DOING TILL CHRIST COMES. UP SOUTH EAST AND SOUTH SOUTH. WE TOO MUCH JARE NO MIND THEM WE GET THE RESOURCES AND THE INTELLECT AND THE HUMAN POWER AND ZEAL TO PROGRESS. TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED.!! LET US FIGHT OUR COMMON ENEMY TOGETHER. BIAFRA SON TILL I DIE, MY KIDS MUST ALWAYS BE THOUGHT WHO WE ARE. HATERS GONNA HATE AND POTATOES GONNA POTATE, LMAO

SS? Uhmmm let's see. Agriculture (palm oil and kernels, rubber, cassava, fishery, rubber sap, etc), and tourism. Btw, are the crops grown not God given? Just like our oil?

A tiny example of Igbo contribution to Nigeria. Over 50% of the names are Igbo. Some of the English names on the lists could also be Igbo people. How many Yoruba? This has been the trend since Adam.

Keshi invites 30 against Liberia


Friday, February 3, 2012
Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Stephen Keshi, has invited 30 players to the camp of Super Eagles ahead of the international friendly match against the Lone Star of Liberia in Monrovia on Wednesday, February 15.



Keshi




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The 49-year old Eagles’ former captain, now in South Africa analysing the on-going African Cup of Nations’ finals for Supersport, and who is expected back in the country early next week, has ordered the players to resume in camp on Sunday, February 5.


There are three goalkeepers, eight defenders, 11 midfielders and eight strikers among the invited players. Most of them were in the squad that held Angola’s ‘Team A’ to a 0-0 draw in an international friendly in Abuja on Wednesday, January 11.

The Super Eagles are expected to leave for Monrovia on February 13.


THE FULL LIST:

Goalkeepers: Chigozie Agbim (Warri Wolves), Okemute Odah (Sharks FC), Daniel Akpeyi (Heartland FC).

Defenders: Juwon Oshaniwa (Sharks FC), Osasco Omomo (Sunshine Stars), Azubuike Egwueke (Warri Wolves), Godfrey Oboabona (Sunshine Stars), Gbenga Arokoyo (Kwara Utd), Uche Oguchi (Heartland FC), Ahmed Adesope (3SC), Papa Idris (Kano Pillars).

Midfielders: Ossai Uche (Warri Wolves), Kola Anubi (Sharks FC), Ejike Uzoenyi (Enugu Rangers), Bartholomew Ibenegbu, Kingsley Salami, Stanley Ohabuchi (Heartland FC), Reuben Gabriel (Kano Pillars), Henry Uche (Enyimba FC), Solomon Jabason (Akwa United), Chidi Osuchukwu (Dolphins FC), Daniel Essien (Niger Tornadoes).

Strikers: Sunday Emmanuel (Enyimba), Sunday Mba, Jude Aneke (Warri Wolves), Izu Azuka (Sunshine Stars), Barnabas Imenger (Kwara Utd), Kabiru Umar (Heartland FC), Uche Kalu, Ifeanyi Ude (Enyimba FC).

http://odili.net/news/source/2012/feb/3/509.html

@manny for life

1. Apart from South-south, the South-west has the highest IGR for Nigeria miuns Lagos and followed by the SW

2. Cocoa is the second highest foreign ezchange earner in Nigeria while rubber is third and the fourth is palm oil of which are all produced in the SW region and cowpea/soyabean are firth are produced in the north

The agricultural products of Nigeria can be divided into two main groups: food crops, produced for home consumption, and export products. Prior to the civil war, the country was self-sufficient in food, but imports of food increased substantially after 1973. Bread, made primarily from US wheat, replaced domestic crops as the cheapest staple food for much of the urban population. The most important food crops are yams and manioc (cassava) in the south and sorghum (Guinea corn) and millet in the north. In 1999, production of yams was 25.1 million tons (67% of world production); manioc, 33.1 million tons (highest in the world and 20% of global production); cocoyams (taro), 3.3 million tons; and sweet potatoes, 1,560,000 tons. The 1999 production estimates for major crops were as follows (in thousands of tons): sorghum, 8,443; millet, 5,457; corn, 5,777; rice, 3,399; peanuts, 2,783; palm oil, 842; sugar cane, 675; palm kernel, 565; soybeans, 405; and cotton lint, 57. Many fruits and vegetables are also grown by Nigerian farmers.

Although cocoa is the leading non-oil foreign exchange earner grown in the southwest, growth in the sector has been slow since the abolition of the Nigerian Cocoa Board. The dominance of smallholders in the cocoa sector and the lack of farm labor due to urbanization holds back production. Nigeria has the potential to produce over 300,000 tons of cocoa beans per year, but production only amounted to 145,000 tons in 1999. Rubber is the second-largest non-oil foreign exchange earner. Despite favorable prices, production has fallen from 155,000 tons in 1991 to 90,000 tons in 1999. Low yield, aging trees, and lack of proper equipment have inhibited production.



Read more: Agriculture - Nigeria - export, growth, area, crops, farming, sector http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Nigeria-AGRICULTURE.html#ixzz1lMk3IhvC

3. The SE is one of the lowest

www.nairaland.com/attachments/567364_Nigeria_IGR_Ranking_v4_GIFa7b40e49d655157f26bf75d859f6f711

after this this is the calculation



the SS contriubutes  615.3 billion every year

the SW contributes  357.8 billion every year minus lagos

Lagos alone contributed 175 billion every year

NW contributes 241.3 billion every year

NC contributes 182 billion every year

NE contributes 178.7 billion every year

Last the SE that contributes 153.9 every year

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&key=0AsNUaGBnBF1KdFpfNEVNNDYtSzBhRk1HT2tuRDlMUFE&hl=en_US&gid=2

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-798719.64.html


Lets state fact here

4. Nigeria lost billions-trillion during the strike, do you think it is crude oil that made Nigeria lose so much money ? Remember oil production did not stop

Nigeria’s output this season will be about 230,000 tonness, or almost six percent of global production, according to Marex Spectron Group Ltd. in London.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/01/subsidy-protest-affects-cocoa-supply-to-europe/


5. rubber and palm oil http://www.unep.ch/etu/publications/Synth_Nigeria.PDF

I can keep going on and on

alj harem:

@manny for life

1. Apart from South-south, the South-west has the highest IGR for Nigeria miuns Lagos and followed by the SW

2. Cocoa is the second highest foreign ezchange earner in Nigeria while rubber is third and the fourth is palm oil of which are all produced in the SW region and cowpea/soyabean are firth are produced in the north

The agricultural products of Nigeria can be divided into two main groups: food crops, produced for home consumption, and export products. Prior to the civil war, the country was self-sufficient in food, but imports of food increased substantially after 1973. Bread, made primarily from US wheat, replaced domestic crops as the cheapest staple food for much of the urban population. The most important food crops are yams and manioc (cassava) in the south and sorghum (Guinea corn) and millet in the north. In 1999, production of yams was 25.1 million tons (67% of world production); manioc, 33.1 million tons (highest in the world and 20% of global production); cocoyams (taro), 3.3 million tons; and sweet potatoes, 1,560,000 tons. The 1999 production estimates for major crops were as follows (in thousands of tons): sorghum, 8,443; millet, 5,457; corn, 5,777; rice, 3,399; peanuts, 2,783; palm oil, 842; sugar cane, 675; palm kernel, 565; soybeans, 405; and cotton lint, 57. Many fruits and vegetables are also grown by Nigerian farmers.

Although cocoa is the leading non-oil foreign exchange earner grown in the southwest, growth in the sector has been slow since the abolition of the Nigerian Cocoa Board. The dominance of smallholders in the cocoa sector and the lack of farm labor due to urbanization holds back production. Nigeria has the potential to produce over 300,000 tons of cocoa beans per year, but production only amounted to 145,000 tons in 1999. Rubber is the second-largest non-oil foreign exchange earner. Despite favorable prices, production has fallen from 155,000 tons in 1991 to 90,000 tons in 1999. Low yield, aging trees, and lack of proper equipment have inhibited production.



Read more: Agriculture - Nigeria - export, growth, area, crops, farming, sector http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Nigeria-AGRICULTURE.html#ixzz1lMk3IhvC

3. The SE is one of the lowest

www.nairaland.com/attachments/567364_Nigeria_IGR_Ranking_v4_GIFa7b40e49d655157f26bf75d859f6f711

after this this is the calculation



the SS contriubutes  615.3 billion every year

the SW contributes  357.8 billion every year minus lagos

Lagos alone contributed 175 billion every year

NW contributes 241.3 billion every year

NC contributes 182 billion every year

NE contributes 178.7 billion every year

Last the SE that contributes 153.9 every year

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&key=0AsNUaGBnBF1KdFpfNEVNNDYtSzBhRk1HT2tuRDlMUFE&hl=en_US&gid=2

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-798719.64.html


Lets state fact here

4. Nigeria lost billions-trillion during the strike, do you think it is crude oil that made Nigeria lose so much money ? Remember oil production did not stop

Nigeria’s output this season will be about 230,000 tonness, or almost six percent of global production, according to Marex Spectron Group Ltd. in London.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/01/subsidy-protest-affects-cocoa-supply-to-europe/


5. rubber and palm oil http://www.unep.ch/etu/publications/Synth_Nigeria.PDF

I can keep going on and on

The state IGR has little to do with Nigeria. It is states money. So that is not a contribution tenable for this thread. Besides, 60% of the IGR in Lagos and some good chunk in Kano are from Igbo people

Obiagu1, did you go to school.

here is nasa picture  , does that look like oil is the largest revenue for nigeria. No.

Did you see me claiming those names to be from South west?? That was a reply to the guy that claimed all sucessful business men  in south west are igbos.

I normally expect few things to fly over your tiny brains. foooool

Beaf:

Add other obvious names like Rewane.

[b]Isn't it funny that the bolded are from the SS? Clown.[/b]The SS also owns most of the big press and huge swathes of the banking industry and stock exchange in Nigeria. Dunce.

Ha ha hahahahhahahahahhahaha. . . . .You are a dullard!! dolt!!! dunce!!!! dunderhead!!!!!!. pathetic.

Nchara:

[size=28pt]The state IGR has little to do with Nigeria[/size]. It is states money. So that is not a contribution tenable for this thread. Besides, 60% of the IGR in Lagos and some good chunk in Kano are from Igbo people

Yoruba Animals with a combination of Hausa Malus  
We The South East and South South dont produce anything in your little mornonic brains yet we have asked you guys to let us go.!! Since you guys produce everything, we are ready to die of hunger then.  

JUST LET US GO AND BE OUR UNITED BIAFRA OR BIAFRA AND THE SOUTH SOUTH REPUBLIC RESPECTIVELY LET THE Yoruba'S FEED ON THEIR COCA AND HUMAN RESOURCES WHICH THEY CLAIM TO BE IN ABUNDANCE AND GIVE US THE SOUTH EAST 5 YEARS AND YOU CAN COME AND COMPARE HOW WE HAVE DIED AND MAYBE TAKE THE NATURAL RESOURCES THEN Shocked Shocked Shocked. BUNCH OF DIRTY, STINKING AND ILLITRATE ANIMALS LIKE THE Yorubas AND THE HAUSA'S

We dont claim or rant too much like you parrots and jackals (Yorubas and hausas) respectively we prefer to prove our CRITICS WRONG AND THAT WE WILL KEEP DOING TILL CHRIST COMES. UP SOUTH EAST AND SOUTH SOUTH. WE TOO MUCH JARE NO MIND THEM WE GET THE RESOURCES AND THE INTELLECT AND THE HUMAN POWER AND ZEAL TO PROGRESS. TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED.!! LET US FIGHT OUR COMMON ENEMY TOGETHER. BIAFRA SON TILL I DIE, MY KIDS MUST ALWAYS BE THOUGHT WHO WE ARE. Wink Smiley Smiley Tongue HATERS GONNA HATE AND POTATOES GONNA POTATE, LMAO

kidnapping - it started as a side buiness by nd youths and miscreants, was embraced by mend agaisnt oyibos, and was finally exported all over nigeria by the the SE

bombing - started by mend, now the action of choice by BH

the whole pacify miscreants with money merry go round; the nd 'freedom fighters' demonstrated that they were driven by no ideology oiter than getting paid for doing nothing, so today we have governors and govts offering to dialogue with terrorists and armed robbers

btw, its the oil companies that give the oil, which is thousands of kilometers below the 'owners'.

alj harem:
@manny for life

1. Apart from South-south, the South-west has the highest IGR for Nigeria miuns Lagos and followed by the SW

2. Cocoa is the second highest foreign ezchange earner in Nigeria while rubber is third and the fourth is palm oil of which are all produced in the SW region and cowpea/soyabean are firth are produced in the north

The agricultural products of Nigeria can be divided into two main groups: food crops, produced for home consumption, and export products. Prior to the civil war, the country was self-sufficient in food, but imports of food increased substantially after 1973. Bread, made primarily from US wheat, replaced domestic crops as the cheapest staple food for much of the urban population. The most important food crops are yams and manioc (cassava) in the south and sorghum (Guinea corn) and millet in the north. In 1999, production of yams was 25.1 million tons (67% of world production); manioc, 33.1 million tons (highest in the world and 20% of global production); cocoyams (taro), 3.3 million tons; and sweet potatoes, 1,560,000 tons. The 1999 production estimates for major crops were as follows (in thousands of tons): sorghum, 8,443; millet, 5,457; corn, 5,777; rice, 3,399; peanuts, 2,783; palm oil, 842; sugar cane, 675; palm kernel, 565; soybeans, 405; and cotton lint, 57. Many fruits and vegetables are also grown by Nigerian farmers.

Although cocoa is the leading non-oil foreign exchange earner grown in the southwest, growth in the sector has been slow since the abolition of the Nigerian Cocoa Board. The dominance of smallholders in the cocoa sector and the lack of farm labor due to urbanization holds back production. Nigeria has the potential to produce over 300,000 tons of cocoa beans per year, but production only amounted to 145,000 tons in 1999. Rubber is the second-largest non-oil foreign exchange earner. Despite favorable prices, production has fallen from 155,000 tons in 1991 to 90,000 tons in 1999. Low yield, aging trees, and lack of proper equipment have inhibited production.



Read more: Agriculture - Nigeria - export, growth, area, crops, farming, sector http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Nigeria-AGRICULTURE.html#ixzz1lMk3IhvC

3. The SE is one of the lowest



after this this is the calculation


 
the SS contriubutes  615.3 billion every year

the SW contributes  357.8 billion every year minus lagos

Lagos alone contributed 175 billion every year

NW contributes 241.3 billion every year

NC contributes 182 billion every year

NE contributes 178.7 billion every year

Last the SE that contributes 153.9 every year

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&key=0AsNUaGBnBF1KdFpfNEVNNDYtSzBhRk1HT2tuRDlMUFE&hl=en_US&gid=2

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-798719.64.html


Lets state fact here

4. Nigeria lost billions-trillion during the strike, do you think it is crude oil that made Nigeria lose so much money ? Remember oil production did not stop

Nigeria’s output this season will be about 230,000 tonness, or almost six percent of global production, according to Marex Spectron Group Ltd. in London.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/01/subsidy-protest-affects-cocoa-supply-to-europe/


5. rubber and palm oil http://www.unep.ch/etu/publications/Synth_Nigeria.PDF

I can keep going on and on

Blody liar I read the link I dare Ʊ and ur aboki brodas to list the cocoa producing states of nigeria and the rubber producing states in nigeria is on the link Ʊ provided if Ʊ don't Ʊ are a fool

Yoruba Animals with a combination of Hausa Malus
We The South East and South South dont produce anything in your little mornonic brains yet we have asked you guys to let us go.!! Since you guys produce everything, we are ready to die of hunger then.

JUST LET US GO AND BE OUR UNITED BIAFRA OR BIAFRA AND THE SOUTH SOUTH REPUBLIC RESPECTIVELY LET THE Yoruba'S FEED ON THEIR COCA AND HUMAN RESOURCES WHICH THEY CLAIM TO BE IN ABUNDANCE AND GIVE US THE SOUTH EAST 5 YEARS AND YOU CAN COME AND COMPARE HOW WE HAVE DIED AND MAYBE TAKE THE NATURAL RESOURCES THEN Shocked Shocked Shocked. BUNCH OF DIRTY, STINKING AND ILLITRATE ANIMALS LIKE THE Yorubas AND THE HAUSA'S

We dont claim or rant too much like you parrots and jackals (Yorubas and hausas) respectively we prefer to prove our CRITICS WRONG AND THAT WE WILL KEEP DOING TILL CHRIST COMES. UP SOUTH EAST AND SOUTH SOUTH. WE TOO MUCH JARE NO MIND THEM WE GET THE RESOURCES AND THE INTELLECT AND THE HUMAN POWER AND ZEAL TO PROGRESS. TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED.!! LET US FIGHT OUR COMMON ENEMY TOGETHER. BIAFRA SON TILL I DIE, MY KIDS MUST ALWAYS BE THOUGHT WHO WE ARE. Wink Smiley Smiley Tongue HATERS GONNA HATE AND POTATOES GONNA POTATE, LMAO

yb:
kidnapping - it started as a side buiness by nd youths and miscreants, was embraced by mend agaisnt oyibos, and was finally exported all over nigeria by the the SE

bombing - started by mend, now the action of choice by BH

the whole pacify miscreants with money merry go round; the nd 'freedom fighters' demonstrated that they were driven by no ideology oiter than getting paid for doing nothing, so today we have governors and govts offering to dialogue with terrorists and armed robbers

btw, its the oil companies that give the oil, which is thousands of kilometers below the 'owners'.  


So ibb that killed dele giwa was a member of mind what of the resently extradited 419 kingpin rasheedis from SS\SE beggars

Obiagu1:

Olodo, if Nigeria stops producing oil today, the largest revenue earner for the government comes from the contribution of Easterners, custom and excise duties. What does that tell you?

Easterners contribute the largest and the bulk of revenue earner, oil.
Easterners contribute the second largest, which is custom and excise duties.

Then what does the SW contribute?

my brother you misunderstand my question. it is directed to those that fought and died so that we remain with them in the cursed nigeria. (except if you are one-nigeria igbo freak)

this are fake figure Nchara.    I dont know what your figure comes from. Kano state makes more money than akwa ibom state.

What some state have been doing is making up figures.

The north is not so smart. Kano make N1billion in electricity each month according to one of thier manager. If kano was keeping its N1 billion it will be rich.

Yoruba Animals with a combination of Hausa Malus
We The South East and South South dont produce anything in your little mornonic brains yet we have asked you guys to let us go.!! Since you guys produce everything, we are ready to die of hunger then.

JUST LET US GO AND BE OUR UNITED BIAFRA OR BIAFRA AND THE SOUTH SOUTH REPUBLIC RESPECTIVELY LET THE Yoruba'S FEED ON THEIR COCA AND HUMAN RESOURCES WHICH THEY CLAIM TO BE IN ABUNDANCE AND GIVE US THE SOUTH EAST 5 YEARS AND YOU CAN COME AND COMPARE HOW WE HAVE DIED AND MAYBE TAKE THE NATURAL RESOURCES THEN Shocked Shocked Shocked. BUNCH OF DIRTY, STINKING AND ILLITRATE ANIMALS LIKE THE Yorubas AND THE HAUSA'S

We dont claim or rant too much like you parrots and jackals (Yorubas and hausas) respectively we prefer to prove our CRITICS WRONG AND THAT WE WILL KEEP DOING TILL CHRIST COMES. UP SOUTH EAST AND SOUTH SOUTH. WE TOO MUCH JARE NO MIND THEM WE GET THE RESOURCES AND THE INTELLECT AND THE HUMAN POWER AND ZEAL TO PROGRESS. TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED.!! LET US FIGHT OUR COMMON ENEMY TOGETHER. BIAFRA SON TILL I DIE, MY KIDS MUST ALWAYS BE THOUGHT WHO WE ARE. Wink Smiley Smiley Tongue HATERS GONNA HATE AND POTATOES GONNA POTATE, LMAO

@ Alh Harem,

State IGR has nothing to contribute to Nigeria.
It's a reflection of the number of civil servants in a state as a chunk of State IGR is from PAYE.

O come of it SE/SS are the backbones, they are huge oil reserves in the SE too. The North too is blessed but marginalized cos with solid minerals they can survive as a nation

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha . . .  so, Rivers state is having more civil servants than kano?? You got jokes!

Obiagu1:

@ Alh Harem,

State IGR has nothing to contribute to Nigeria.
[size=28pt]It's a reflection of the number of civil servants in a state as a chunk of State IGR is from PAYE[/size].

@POST

All these bloody ninnies should rain curses on their misguided forebears who fought on the Nigerian side during Nigeria/Biafra civil war. If they had allowed Biafra to secede from Nigeria, the bandwidth wasted on this silly discussion should have been used for something better.

In fact, if these deluded and loudmouthed jackasses could still summon the courage needed to support the group agitating for actualization of Biafra, there should be no headache accrued in contemplating the contribution of SE to the junk called Nigeria.

I should not want the SE to contribute anything economically or otherwise towards the growth of the cesspit called Nigeria. SE should manage to remain afloat on the rudderless vessel named Nigeria while bidding its time to jump off ship.

Rhino.4dm:

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha . . .  so, Rivers state is having more civil servants than kano?? You got jokes!

River states has more civil servants than Kano; civil servants does not mean only those that work with the government.
Rivers States employs more people than Kano because of concentration of oil industry in the state.

[size=15pt]Alj harem just murdered the topic. The SE are the lowest contributor.
[/size]

^^^

Olodo, read the posts above yours.

Obiagu1:

River states has more civil servants than Kano; civil servants does not mean only those that work with the government.
Rivers States employs more people than Kano because of concentration of oil industry in the state.

The guy you are responding to is a stark illiterate.
Even with the bigger populatin, how many people are working in kano and paying taxes compared to Rivers?
Most are illiterate, the women wont even be allowed to work.

The truth is that people  are confused here, Are ppl talking about SE or SS states or the ppl of origin SE/SS, , Do you mean what the people from the area contribute to Nigeria or you mean the state.

Going by Rhino's claim that Igbos living in Kano (I mean people who gain nothing from the Govt of Kano) are parasites, it means anybody anywhere not in his natural homeland is a parasite.
All Nigerians in the USA, UK etc are parasites and so are all Americansm British elsewhere other than their countries
So are Yorubas in Kano, PH (including Rhino himself), Igboland, and elsewhere.

All of these stats/numbers being thrown around are pure conjectures.  Contrary to general opinion, the Northern states are not doing too badly with Kano, Kaduna leading the pack in the North. Lagos by far outstrips every other state by a wide margin.

If you exclude Oil and Gas, the northern states are better off than a lot of Southern states. In the South, if you exclude Oil and Gas sectors - Lagos,  Delta, Rivers, Oyo, Ondo, Edo and Imo are the clear winners. In the North, Kano, Kaduna, Benue, Plateau, and Kogi are doing well. Delta  and Rivers appear to be doing very well even without oil.  Ebonyi is the worst of South followed by Ekiti. Taraba is the worst of North, closely followed by Yobe, Zamfara,

Here is the raw data for year 2000 by National Bureau of Stats. It is in PDF format; perhaps, Ekt_bear or someone else can find a way to import it to Excel and then tabulate it.
The stats capture every sector and it's official.

It is silly to say that some regions are not contributing to the State because they do not have oil. Oil accounts for only for about 25 percent of our GDP, Agriculture is still the clear leader despite years of Neglect.

Anyway, here is the PDF. It is for year 2000,  the progression is by and large the same pattern with +10 or-10 deviation.

http://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/uploads/moreNews/moreNews.pdf

HEy guys should stop talk about excluding oil! what do you mean by that! wheather its by luck or not! oil is in their f.u.c.king land get this to you brain!