{"id":918370,"date":"2022-01-21T15:27:42","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T15:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/21\/the-7-poorest-states-in-nigeria-based-on-the-2021-internally-generated-revenue\/"},"modified":"2022-01-21T15:27:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T15:27:42","slug":"the-7-poorest-states-in-nigeria-based-on-the-2021-internally-generated-revenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/21\/the-7-poorest-states-in-nigeria-based-on-the-2021-internally-generated-revenue\/","title":{"rendered":"The 7 Poorest States In Nigeria Based On The 2021 Internally Generated Revenue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>While some Nigerian states were able to generate a reasonable amount of revenue in 2021, some others weren&#8217;t lucky enough. A report from the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics revealed the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of each state in the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/aa796ddc29e149c4b2fe4dc0e4fda1e4\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In this article, we shall be featuring the 7 poorest states in Nigeria based on the 2021 IGR.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the list;<\/p>\n<p>Benue state, which is located in the north-central region is the 7th on the list. The state generated #6.7billion in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/76e657b7d3e74b6fae9a6bb8b54c220e\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The low IGR might be a result of the incessant clashes between farmers and herders that rocked the state.<\/p>\n<h2>(6) Ekiti state.<\/h2>\n<p>Ekiti is the only southwestern state on the list. The state generated a meager sum of #6.5 billion.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/d22822050bc74e9faf3349944261f5ab\"\/><\/p>\n<h2>(5) Bayelsa State.<\/h2>\n<p>Bayelsa state, located in the south-south, is the only state from that region on the list. With the abundance of crude oil in the state, it is surprising to see it on the list.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/92c202b7cf354e7b880c14c6fc570fae\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The revenue generated by Bayelsa was #6.4 billion.<\/p>\n<h2>(4) Adamawa State.<\/h2>\n<p>Adamawa state is located in the northeastern region of the country.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/8ed676ab756c4e9ca34ff629c28b516f\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The state generated about #6 billion.<\/p>\n<h2>(3) Gombe State.<\/h2>\n<p>Gombe state is also located in the northeastern region.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/7d5151d49dc7473094a586047db4095e\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The state generated the sum of #5.4 billion.<\/p>\n<h2>(2) Taraba State.<\/h2>\n<p>Taraba state is located in the northeast. It generated a paltry sum of #4.7 billion in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20ede25be54848a4a50e56f20ea55fc7\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The low IGR might be the result of communal clashes witnessed in the state.<\/p>\n<h2>(1) Yobe State.<\/h2>\n<p>Based on the 2021 IGR, Yobe state is the poorest state in Nigeria. The state generated #4 billion only.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/f4857e2becdb4230a51b441228cd53fc\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The activities of terrorists might be responsible for the low revenue generated in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: Facebook and Google.<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0The News Guru\u00a0and\u00a0Punch.<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: Euphoric (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"see-more\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\nBenue State<br \/>\nEkiti<\/p>\n<p>IGR<br \/>\nNigeria<br \/>\nNigerian<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While some Nigerian states were able to generate a reasonable amount of revenue in 2021, some others weren&#8217;t lucky enough. A report from the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics revealed the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of each state in the first quarter of 2021. In this article, we shall be featuring the 7 poorest states in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-918370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=918370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918370\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}