Ekiti is 2nd poorest state in Nigeria – Commissioner

Thursday, July 28, 2011
All the roads leading to Ekiti State are not good enough and the state government cannot afford to embark on dualisation of any of them now. Why should a state that prides itself as the Fountain of Knowledge in Nigeria be one of the poorest? This is one of the questions Governor Kayode Fayemi –led Administration is trying to find answer to in order to transform Ekiti State. In an interview with Charles Segun Adegbite the State Commissioner for Information, Mrs. Fola Richie-Adewusi speaks on the government’s agenda, its challenges, and what the governor intends to achieve before celebrating its first year in office.

Excerpts:
http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/politics/2011/july/28/politics-28-07-2011-002.html

ok

where is ileke-idi. she ought to be here by now.

Ileke where are you? Come defend your state. You insulted Abia, now it is time for you to defend your state.

Ekiti is one of the youngest states in Nigeria though.

Gbenge 77:

Ekiti is one of the youngest states in Nigeria though.

It should never have been created.

Can we have figures to back this up?

dayokanu:

Can we have figures to back this up?

Ekiti comes in at number 35 on the revenue allocation table.

^^^ is that what we are going by? lol

At least It is not the first In Human eating and Kidnapping

Gbenge 77:

Ekiti comes in at number 35 on the revenue allocation table.

Revenue Allocation is not the benchmark for calculating the poverty level of states. What revenue allocation can not do, internally generated revenue can do.

seanet02:

At least It is not the first In Human eating and Kidnapping

Why man, why do you always attack the Igbos?

Rgp92:

Why man, why do you always attack the Igbos?

did he mention igbos? i thought he was talking about other yoruba states abi u wan force word for im mouth

op i think you mean ekiti gets the lowest revenue and not poorest state. what has bayelsa that gets the highest revenue done with the money?

bashr4:

did he mention igbos? i thought he was talking about other yoruba states abi u wan force word for im mouth

no no no bashr4 he was talking about igbo

Wont GPD and HDI be a better way of determining if a state is poor? What does total allocation have to do with Being poor? Even Allocation per capital would have been a better statistical way of measuring if in which Ekiti comes in 12th.

But you have to realize that more than half of the state in nigeria are failures, With out government allocations they will fail. Thats because Nigeria has to many POINTLESS STATES and these idiots want to create more banana republic states in which they will need government allocation to survive. In reality a small country(size) like nigeria should only have 12-15 states that could generate revenue by themselves.

Ekiti is one of these pointless states, thats why the commissioner said its poor, Because its main source of revenue is from allocations. [/color]

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[quote][/quote]you are right.Many states were created because locals wanted bragging rights.Viability was not a factor.Some are still agitating for the creation of more states,hoping their current city would become the capital.And of course,more senatorial zones and federal constituencies would emerge,meaning more job for the "boys".
I did not create this thread to disparage Ekiti state,although the report appears sensational.







as not a factor.Some are still agitating for the creation of more states,hoping their current city would become the capital.And of course,more senatorial zones and federal constituencies would emerge,meaning more job for the "boys".
I did not create this thread to disparage Ekiti state,although the report appears sensational.

Ekiti is a bad and underdeveloped like every other Yoruba state. Yorobah states remains the poorest Nigeria has seen in the 21st century. The last I passed thru, is it akure to ondo town to ibadan on a federal government assignment, because nothing could have taken me to such places, I saw the dehumanizing level of poverty in the southwest. It was worth crying for. I saw their caves and mud houses in the state capitals. I saw the level of mal-nutrition and healthcare, its pathetic. I wept for the yorobahs. I was asking where are the obansanjors, the adenugas, the otedolas. Na waoo yorobahs can be so wicked even onto themselves.

At the topic: Ekiti to the best of knowledge is not supposed to be a state. It should have been designated as a local council.

chino11:

Ekiti is a bad and underdeveloped like every other Yoruba state. Yorobah states remains the poorest Nigeria has seen in the 21st century. The last I passed thru, is it akure to ondo town to ibadan on a federal government assignment, because nothing could have taken me to such places, I saw the dehumanizing level of poverty in the southwest. It was worth crying for. I saw their caves and mud houses in the state capitals. I saw the level of mal-nutrition and healthcare, its pathetic. I wept for the yorobahs. I was asking where are the obansanjors, the adenugas, the otedolas. Na waoo yorobahs can be so wicked even onto themselves.

At the topic: Ekiti to the best of knowledge is not supposed to be a state. It should have been designated as a local council.

Intelligent post from someone that has never left Awka. lol.

Rgp92:

Why man, why do you always attack the Igbos?

Did i mention ibos? You are right sha o.

I saw their caves and mud houses

you saw caves and mud houses, ehn.

lol

i remember one of my sis served in ekiti , she suffered serious depression.

eyah.

Ekiti is not surposed to be a state, apart from itz state capital that managed to be called a city, ekiti is one large village

To think they are the most educated people scattered all over the country raises a question about education and practical development.

2nd poorest,but still cleaner than ogun state.
why is ogun such a dirty place, with all the high profile people that comes from there

seanet02:

Revenue Allocation is not the benchmark for calculating the poverty level of states. What revenue allocation can not do, internally generated revenue can do.

Internally Generated Revenue from where? Ok, I served in Ekiti. They have only a street-market at Ado-Ekiti. Where else would the main IGR come from?

Banks and their high institutions are the only "Oil Company" one can dream of working at in Ekiti State.

I think by "2nd poorest", they mean 2nd smallest federal allocations. Not poverty rates, gdp/capita, etc, etc

Where is Ileke-Ide, is her keyboard no more working?

gidson12:

Ekiti is not surposed to be a state, apart from itz state capital that managed to be called a city, ekiti is one large village

They know too much book that it has ran them Eccentric. An Ekiti man will argue with you for agreeing with his point of view.

^^come na, its not that bad.

the ekitis on nl arent even that argumentative, especially the males.

i dont think sagamite is ekiti and he's one of the top arguers here.

likewise check out the most argumentative nlers and you'll find out they arent ekiti.