Lagos, Rivers, and the Federal Capital Territory lead the list of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) for the year 2022, with N651.15 billion, N172.89 billion, and N124.4 billion, respectively.
According to the National Bureau of Statistics, a total of N1.93 trillion was created across Nigeria’s 36 states, including the Federal Capital Territory, in 2022 IGR.
According to NBS data, the states with the fewest resources are Kebbi (N9.1 billion), Taraba (N10.2 billion), and Yobe (N10.5 billion).
Pay As You Earn, direct assessment, road taxes, stamp duties, capital gain tax, withholding taxes, other taxes, and LGA revenue were also reported by NBS during the period.
The report said, “The NBS published the IGR report for the 36 states and the FCT for 2022. This IGR report contains the following key findings:
“The 2022 IGR had two major revenue sources namely; (i) Taxes (ii) MDAs’ revenue.
“Taxes sub-categories recorded in this period are PAYE, direct assessment, road taxes, stamp duties, capital gain tax, withholding taxes, other taxes, and LGA revenue.
“The 36 states and the FCT generated a total sum of 1.92 trillion as IGR in 2022. This grew by 1.57 percent compared to 1.89 percent in 2021.
“Like what was recorded in 2021, the leading states in total IGR during the year were Lagos and Rivers, as well as the FCT with 651.14 billion, 172.82 billion, and 124.36 billion, respectively.
“While the least performing states during the year were Kebbi, Taraba, and Yobe, with the value of ¦ 9.14 billion, 10.23 billion, and ¦ 10.45 billion, respectively.
“PAYE was the most contributing revenue source during the year, recording 67.6 percent of the total tax-generated revenues nationwide. While capital gains tax was the least in the year under review, with 0.24 percent of total tax revenue,
“Oyo, Lagos, and Jigawa states were the three leading states with the highest LGA revenue reported during the year. The states recorded 11.8 billion, 11.5 billion, and 8.7 billion, respectively.”
See the full list of states IGR in 2022 below:
1. Lagos – N651.2bn
2. Rivers – N172.8bn
3. FCT – N124.4bn
4. Ogun – N120.6bn
5. Delta – N85.9bn
6. Oyo – N62.2bn
7. Kaduna – N58.1bn
8. Edo – N47.5bn
9. Kano – N42.5bn
10. Kwara – N35.8bn
11. Akwa Ibom – N34.8bn
12. Anambra – N33.9bn
13. Ondo – N32.6bn
14. Enugu – N28.7bn
15. Bauchi – N25.5bn
16. Osun – N24.6bn
17. Sokoto – N23.6bn
18. Cross River – N21.1bn
19. Jigawa – N20.5bn
20. Abia – N20.1bn
21. Zamfara – N19.4bn
22. Imo – N19.3bn
23. Nasarawa – N19.3bn
24. Borno – N19.1bn
25. Kogi – N18.2bn
26. Ekiti – N17bn
27. Niger – N16.9bn
28. Benue – N15.9bn
29. Plateau – N15.9bn
30. Bayelsa – N15.9bn
31. Gombe – N13.6bn
32. Adamawa – N13.2bn
33. Katsina – N13bn
34. Ebonyi – N12.4bn
35. Yobe – N10.5bn
36. Taraba – N10.2bn
37. Kebbi – N9.1bn