1. Abia N4.3 billion
2. Adamawa N3.7 billion
3. *Akwa Ibom N17.2 billion*
4. Anambra N4.2 billion
5. Bauchi N4.2 billion
6. *Bayelsa N13.2 billion*
7. Benue N4.2 billion
8. Borno N4.8 billion
9. Cross River N2.7 billion
10. *Delta N17.4 billion*
11. Ebonyi N3.5 billion
12. Edo N5.7 billion
13. Ekiti N2.8 billion
14. Enugu N4.07 billion
15. Gombe N3.2 billion
16. Imo N3.9 billion
17. Jigawa N4.6 billion
18. Kaduna N5.3 billion
19. Kano N6.4 billion
20. Katsina N4.5 billion
21. Kebbi N4.1 billion
22. Kogi N4.03 billion
23. Kwara N3.4 billion
24. *Lagos N9.1 billion*
25. Nasarawa N3.6 billion
26. Niger N4.3 billion
27. Ogun N2.9 billion
28. Ondo N5.06 billion
29. Osun N1.5 billion
30. Oyo N4.5 billion
31. Plateau N3.3 billion
32. *Rivers N14.7 billion*
33. Sokoto N4.05 billion
34. Taraba N3.6 billion
35. Yobe N4.07 billion
36. Zamfara N2.9 billion
*Some things just have to be said. Our Niger Delta Govs are epitomy of failure, corruption and wickedness. Gombe, Nassarawa and Cross River are among the states receiving some of the lowest allocations when compared to what Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers states are receiving. Now all the states listed above have similar overheads. What I don't understand is how Gombe, Nassarawa and Cross Rivers are able to meet their standard overheads and still manage to implement infrastructure projects worthy of notice. How is it that Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers just about manage to pay salaries and every other responsibilities expected of a govt are left unattended to and kicked into the long grass?
Delta State gets N17.4b, Gombe gets N3.2b. Gombe has done more with N3.2b.
Rivers gets N14.7b, Nassarawa gets N3.6b. Nassarawa has done more in the given time under review that Rivers have done with their allocations.
Bayelsa gets N13.2b while Cross River gets N2.7b. Cross River is light years ahead of Bayelsa in term of new projects.
Let's not even mention Akwa Ibom state that gets the highest yet and boast of anything beside the roads and stadium Akpabio built.
We in the Niger Delta are just purely recklessly insane. Corruption and mediocrity is the order of the day.
Don't get me wrong, there is corruption in Nassarawa, Gombe and Cross River, but it must be a child's play compared to what we engage in, in the Niger Delta.
(c) Ono Orogun ©2019
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