It is like the pidgin saying: “monkey dey work, baboon dey chop” when one considers the amount of Value Added Tax (VAT) each State in Nigeria generated in Q1, 2025 and how much each State got back when the total VAT was shared among the States.
See the VAT contribution and distribution per State below:
More received
1 Imo —🔴₦2.34bn,🟢₦21.84bn, +834%
2 Taraba —🔴₦2.33bn,🟢₦18.44bn, +691%
3 Cross River —🔴₦2.65bn,🟢₦19.70bn, +643%
4 Abia —🔴₦2.92bn,🟢₦19.62bn, +571%
5 Zamfara —🔴₦3.77bn,🟢₦20.62bn, +447%
6 Katsina —🔴₦5.96bn,🟢₦26.18bn, +339%
7 Enugu —🔴₦4.96bn,🟢₦20.77bn, +319%
8 Gombe —🔴₦4.61bn,🟢₦18.85bn, +309%
9 Kebbi —🔴₦5.13bn,🟢₦20.75bn, +304%
10 Bauchi —🔴₦6.30bn,🟢₦23.84bn, +278%
11 Niger —🔴₦5.97bn,🟢₦22.35bn, +274%
12 Plateau —🔴₦5.55bn,🟢₦20.68bn, +272%
13 Osun —🔴₦5.95bn,🟢₦21.23bn, +257%
14 Kaduna —🔴₦8.12bn,🟢₦27.02bn, +233%
15 Yobe —🔴₦5.81bn,🟢₦18.94bn, +226%
16 Ogun —🔴₦7.20bn,🟢₦22.04bn, +206%
17 Ondo —🔴₦7.14bn,🟢₦21.42bn, +200%
18 Borno —🔴 ₦7.87bn,🟢₦23.02bn, +192%
19 Kogi —🔴₦7.33bn,🟢₦21.12bn, +188%
20 Nasarawa —🔴₦7.05bn,🟢₦18.15bn, +157%
21 Ebonyi —🔴₦7.43bn,🟢₦18.83bn, +154%
22 Adamawa —🔴₦9.12bn,🟢₦21.13bn, +132%
23 Anambra —🔴₦10.73bn,🟢₦23.44bn, +118%
24 Jigawa —🔴₦11.22bn,🟢₦23.85bn, +113%
25 Sokoto —🔴₦10.88bn,🟢₦22.45bn, +106%
26 Ekiti —🔴₦10.17bn,🟢₦19.63bn, +93%
27 Benue —🔴₦12.36bn,🟢₦23.70bn, +92%
28 Kano —🔴₦22.97bn,🟢₦35.86bn, +56%
29 Akwa Ibom —🔴₦16.08bn,🟢₦23.59bn, +47%
30 Kwara —🔴₦14.43bn,🟢₦20.17bn, +40%
31 Delta —🔴₦20.04bn,🟢₦24.47bn, +22%
32 Edo —🔴₦20.73bn,🟢₦22.71bn, +10%
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Less received
1 Lagos —🔴₦819.62bn,🟢₦138.53bn, -83%
2 Rivers —🔴₦278.23bn,🟢₦60.27bn, -78%
3 Oyo —🔴₦79.78bn,🟢₦35.34bn, -56%
4 Bayelsa —🔴₦27.26bn,🟢₦20.44bn, -25%
KEY: 🔴Contribution 🟢Received, %Difference
Credit: #Statisense (FAAC), Nairaland