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The top ten states received 39% of the total National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) funds in 2024

Key takeaways:

Kano State received the highest allocation at ₦1.23 billion, accounting for 5.7% of the total NPHCDA Gateway fund.
Katsina followed closely with an allocation of nearly 4%.
Five of the top ten recipient states are from Southern Nigeria, while the other five are from the Northern part of Nigeria.
Southern states (Osun, Oyo, Anambra, Akwa Ibom, and Imo) featured prominently, together receiving approximately 19% of the total disbursement.
The top ten states collectively received ₦8.30 billion, representing 38.6% of the total fund.
In total, ₦21.51 billion was disbursed to all states under the NPHCDA Gateway in 2024.

13 northern states, including the FCT, produced a combined 56% of the nation's corn output on average in 2 years

Key Takeaways:

Kaduna led national corn production on average, contributing 8% of total output, between 450,000 and 947,000 metric tons.
Niger, Gombe, Borno, Plateau, and Taraba followed closely, each accounting for 5–6% of the total output on average.
Corn production is heavily concentrated in the North-Central and North-East regions.
Kaduna and Niger together accounted for 14% of Nigeria’s corn output on average.
The top 10 corn-producing states, all located in northern Nigeria, on average contributed 47% of the national total.
Southern states such as Osun and Ondo contributed modest but notable shares, each representing 3% of national production on average.

Approximately 60% of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) in 2024 was allocated to the northern states

Key takeaways:

Kano State received the highest allocation, totalling ₦2.67 billion, which accounts for 5.9% of the entire fund.
Nine out of the top ten recipient states are located in Northern Nigeria.
Enugu is the sole Southern state to appear among the top ten beneficiaries.
The top ten states collectively received ₦16.94 billion, representing 37.3% of the total fund disbursed.
In total, ₦45.43 billion was disbursed to all 36 states and the FCT in 2024.

Lagos leads VAT remittance with ₦305B, over 53% of total and more than 3x Rivers'

Lagos State contributed ₦305B in VAT, making up over 53% of the national total and more than three times that of any other state.
Rivers (₦90B) and Oyo (₦27B) followed Lagos as the second and third highest contributors, highlighting a steep drop after the top state.
Only a few states, including Bayelsa, Kano, Kwara, and Edo, remitted above ₦5B, showing a highly uneven distribution of VAT contributions.
Over 8 states, such as Kebbi, Osun, Imo, and Zamfara, contributed less than ₦2B each, indicating minimal VAT activity in many parts of the country.

Lagos alone accounts for over 40% of operational free zones in Nigeria

28 total operational free zones span across 13 states plus the FCT, highlighting a broad but uneven distribution.
Lagos hosts 12 zones, over 40% of Nigeria’s total, making it the clear leader.
Ogun State ranks second with 3 zones, followed by Rivers with 2, while other states have just 1 each.
This distribution underscores a heavy clustering in the Southwest, reflecting Lagos’ dominance as a commercial hub and a drive to spread investment across various regions.

Zamfara, the lowest contributor, received over 5× its input, while Kano, the highest contributor, had the lowest relative gain

The North-West region received ₦66.55 billion, more than double its remittance (₦28.31B), showing a heavy reliance on federal VAT sharing.
Zamfara, the lowest contributor (₦1.45B), received the highest percentage gain (+433%), getting ₦7.72B, while Kano, the highest contributor (₦9.59B), had the smallest relative gain (+41.5%).
Kaduna and Katsina, despite remitting ₦3.50B and ₦3.86B, received ₦10.18B and ₦10.01B, respectively, nearly tripling their remittance.
Kano remitted 34% of the zone’s VAT but received only 20.4% of the total allocation, reinforcing that VAT is distributed based on equality and not economic strength.

Average cost of 5kg cooking gas in Nigeria as of December 2024 – Top 20 states

Key Takeaways:

The average price for 5kg cooking gas ranges from ₦6,000 to ₦8,100.
The price difference of cooking gas between various Nigerian states is 25.09%.
Out of Nigeria's 36 states plus Abuja, fifteen have an average price for 5kg cooking gas above the national average.
Taraba State is uniquely positioned as the sole state in Nigeria with an average cooking gas price above ₦8,000.
The national average cost for 5kg cooking gas in Nigeria is ₦7,177.27.

Ebonyi & Lagos: Nigeria’s leaders in revenue growth and collection in 2023

Lagos led Nigerian states with ₦815.9 billion in Internally Generated Revenue for 2023, followed by the FCT with ₦211.1 billion. Despite only a 25% growth, Lagos’ IGR confirms its economic dominance. The FCT, meanwhile, recorded an impressive 70% increase. Ebonyi, though with lower revenue, achieved an astonishing 148% growth. Taraba generated the least revenue, increasing by 6%.

Lagos, Rivers, and the FCT collected over half of Nigeria's PAYE in 2022

In 2022, employees in Lagos, Rivers, and the FCT contributed ₦558.7 billion in PAYE tax, representing over half of the nation's total. Lagos State alone accounted for ₦360.9 billion. These figures underscore the tax contributions from Nigeria's key economic regions.

Nigerian states have received at least ₦32.8t net allocation from the FAAC since 2011

Data from Nigeria's National Bureau of Statistics shows that the Federal Allocation Account Committee (FAAC) disbursed at least ₦32.8 trillion net to the 36 states and the FCT since 2011. Five of Nigeria's oil-producing states — Delta, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Bayelsa, and Lagos — have received 33.7% of the country's net federal allocation since 2011, with Delta State receiving the most. Kano, Katsina, Borno, Kaduna, and Ondo complete the top ten.

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