Gombe Ranks 3rd Nationwide, 1st in North-East in Revenue Generation from LGAs

By Damilola Adedokun

Gombe State has ranked third nationwide in states generating revenue from the local government areas, according to the National Bureau of Statistics report for 2025, FactualTimes reports.

Gombe State generated N8.92billion revenue from 11 local government areas.

The details published on Saturday by TheCableIndex indicated that followed Lagos and Jigawa states with N16.30billion and N10.04billion generated from their local government areas.

This NBS report shows how the local government autonomy has resulted to revenue increment in the state.

In North East, only Gombe, Taraba and Borno featured on the list with Taraba generating N1.7billion while Borno rakes in N666.55m for the year under review

1. Lagos: N16.30bn
2. ⁠Jigawa: N10.04bn
3. ⁠Gombe: N8.92bn
4. ⁠Kebbi: N4.94bn
5. ⁠Kwara: N3.43bn
6. ⁠Ondo: N3.43bn
7. ⁠Kogi: N3.12bn
8. ⁠Bauchi: N2.52bn
9. ⁠Ogun: N2.07bn
10. ⁠Edo: N2.05bn
11. ⁠Katsina: N1.80bn
12. ⁠Gombe generated N8.92billion
13. ⁠Cross River: N1.45bn
14. ⁠Niger: N1.05bn
15. ⁠Enugu: N786.08m
16. ⁠Borno: N666.55m
17. ⁠Ekiti: N608.77m
18. ⁠Imo: N521.84m
19. ⁠Kaduna: N393.46m
20. ⁠Sokoto: N10.05m
21. ⁠Ebonyi: N1.09m

Total: 65.82bn

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