According to NBS’ report, the 36 states and the FCT recorded N1.56 trillion of IGR in 2020.
This means that the 2021 figure (N1.89 trillion) indicates a positive growth of 22 percent year-on-year, after the coronavirus pandemic impacted revenue generation the previous year.
Futher analysis by TheCable Index shows that Lagos state has the highest IGR with N753.3 billion, representing 40 percent of the total IGR in 2021.
Lagos is followed by FCT with N131.9 billion; Rivers state, N123.3 billion; Ogun state, N100.7 billion; and Delta state, N80.2 billion.
Yobe state, on the other hand, generated the least IGR (N8.5 billion) in 2021, followed by Taraba with N9.6 billion, Gombe with N10.6 billion and Katsina with N12 billion.
IGR by zones in 2021 shows that the south-west zone recorded the highest revenue, totalling N972.6 billion; followed by the south-south zone with N313.6 billion, while the north-east zone recorded the least internally generated revenue with N78.3 billion.
The report also shows that Lagos state generated 77 percent of the entire IGR of the south-west.
