Kwara Leads in North Central As State Generating Revenue From LGs
By Femi Ogundele
Kwara State has emerged as one of the 21 states in Nigeria generating revenue from the local government areas according to the National Bureau of Statistics report for 2025.
The details published by TheCableIndex shows that Kwara State ranked first in North Central and 5th nationwide with N3.43billion revenue from 16 local government areas for 2025.
FactualTimes reports that Lagos ranked first with N16.30billion, followed by Jigawa with N10.04billion, Gombe generated N8.92billion and Kebbi LGs raked in N4.94billon.
In North Central, only Kwara, Kogi and Niger States made the list as Kogi ranked 7th with N3.12billion while Niger LGs generated N1.05billion.
Our Correspondent reports that Plateau, Nasarawa and Benue are not generating revenue from their local government areas according NBS data.
Only 21 state generated revenue from their LGAs in 2025
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. Taraba: N1.70bn
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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