The Federal Government of Nigeria has released the figures of the Federal allocations to each state of the Federation in the midst of the on going protests to end bad governance in Nigeria and to demand from the Federal Government immediate end to hunger being experienced by the citizens.
It would be recalled that the present administration announced the removal of fuel subsidy immediately it came on board on May 29th 2023 and has also undertaken some measures to reposition the country’s economy by introducing some policies which have resulted into very harsh living conditions for the citizenry.
The Federal Government has, however, shared, on a monthly basis, proceeds from the subsidy removal among all the 36 states of the Federation since it took over power till date. Below are the latest figures shared among the states of the Federation in June 2024 from the total amount generated in May 2024.
The list is as follows:
Abia – 9.3BN
Adamawa: 8.7BN
Akwa Ibom: 30.6BN
Anambra: 11.7BN
Bauchi: 7.5BN
Bayelsa: 25.3BN
Benue: 9.6BN
Borno: 10.6BN
Cross River: 6.5BN
Delta: 43.7BN
Ebonyi: 7.5BN
Edo: 11.1BN
Ekiti: 6.5BN
Enugu: 8.6BN
Gombe: 7.0BN
Imo: 9.7BN
Jigawa: 10.1BN
Kaduna: 8.2BN
Kano: 14.4BN
Katsina: 10.2BN
Kebbi: 8.8BN
Kogi: 7.6BN
Kwara: 7.3BN
Lagos: 26.6BN
Nasarawa: 7.9BN
Niger: 9.2BN
Ogun: 6.3BN
Ondo: 11.0BN
Osun: 7.2BN
Oyo: 11.1BN
Plateau: 7.5BN
Rivers: 32.5BN
Sokoto: 8.6BN
Taraba: 8.1BN
Yobe: 7.8BN
Zamfara: 8.1BN
With the above, Nigerians are expected to begin to interrogate their governors over what they use these monies sent to them on monthly basis for. Some of these governors are to be openly confronted by most of these protesters staging protests in Abuja, the country’s Federal Capital Territory.
Instead of concentrating all efforts and attention on the Federal Government, Nigerians need to look inwards and hold both the states and local governments operators accountable for all these huge amounts being sent to the states that are not impacting the lives of the citizenry at the grassroots level.
According to the national bureau of statistics, (nbs) official platform monitored by 9news Nigeria, the total amount disbursed was N2.32 trillion which was shared among the three tiers of government.
