Lagos leads as 36 states, FCT generate N1.9tr

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday said last year, Lagos State recorded the highest revenue as the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) raised N1,925,612,626,650.76 Internally Generated Revenue (IGR).

This was contained in the Bureau’s document entitled: "Internally Generated Revenue at State Level in 2022.”

The document noted: “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, Taxes; Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) revenue.

“Taxes sub-category recorded in this period are PAYE, Direct Assessment, Road Taxes, Stamp duties, Capital gain tax, Withholding taxes, Other taxes and LGAs revenue.

“The 36 states and the FCT generated a total N1,925,612,626,650.76 as IGR in 2022. This grew by 1.57per cent compared to N1,895,786,762,263.80 in 2021.”

NBS recalled that like what was recorded in 2021, the leading states in total IGR during the year were Lagos, Rivers, as well as the FCT with N651,145,633,085.30, N172,823,232,535.44, and N124,366,774,519.25.

The document added that while the least three performing states during the year were Kebbi, Taraba and Yobe with the value of N9,146,249,907.83, N10,238,110,125.95, and N10,456,776,796.18.

NBS also said PAYE was the most contributing revenue source during the year, recording 67.62 per cent share to the total tax generated revenues nationwide. While capital gains tax was the least in the year under review with 0.24 per cent share to total tax revenue.

According to the data, Oyo, Lagos and Jigawa states were the three leading states with highest LGA revenue reported during the year. The states, said the bureau, recorded N11,832,437,020.33, N11,505,586,283.35, and N8,700,993,591.78.