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A new report by PRNigeria’s Economic Confidential has revealed that the Federal Government of Nigeria, 36 states and 774 local government councils, shared a total sum of ₦7.8 trillion from the Federation Account in 2019.
The federal government and its agencies received over ₦3.3 trillion.
States and Local Councils got ₦4.4trillion, N100billion lesser than the ₦4.5 trillion allocated to them in the previous year of 2018.
Delta State received the highest sum of ₦282billion in the twelve months of 2019.
It is followed by Lagos State with ₦270billion, Akwa Ibom State – ₦241billion, Rivers State – ₦219illion and Kano State – N181billion.
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They got over a quarter of the total allocation in 2019.
Others in the top 10 states are Bayelsa – N176billion, Katsina – N136billion, Oyo – N131billion, Kaduna – N129billion and Borno – N121billion.
States that received the lowest allocations are Kwara – N80billion, Ekiti – N78billion, Nasarawa – N77billion, Ebonyi – N76billion and Gombe – N75billion.
Edo and Ondo States, both oil-producing states, got N108billion and N103billion respectively, while another producer Cross River State received N90billion.
Factors that influence allocations to states and local councils include population, derivation, land mass, terrain, revenue-generating efforts, school enrolment, health facilities, water supply and equality of the beneficiaries.
AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK