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%.
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.
Lagos State has recorded 296 building collapses — 65% of all such incidents in Nigeria since October 1974. On Monday, November 1, 2021, a 21-storey building collapsed in Ikoyi, Lagos. Here are the top 20 recorded building collapse incidents by state in Nigeria since October 1974.
Lagos contributed the most IGR among all states in the country but got an allocation 28.5% less than its IGR. Here is a breakdown of the Federation Account Allocation and Internally Generated Revenue by South-Western states in 2020.
According to Google Trends data, people in Ebonyi State have shown the most interest in NFTs in Nigeria. Below is a graph showing the top 10 states in Nigeria most interested in NFTs by their Google Trend Index.
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