THE National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday said in the First Half (H1) of 2021, the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) recorded a total of N849,123,384,003.55 Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) collection.
It was contained in the Internally Generated Revenue At State Level (Half Year 2021), which The Nation obtained.
It said Lagos State has the highest IGR with N267,232,774,434.06 in H1 2021, followed by FCT with N69,072,879,664.43 billion and Rivers State with N57,324,672,372.42.
According to the report, in the period under review, Yobe State with N4,031,033,046.55 recorded the least IGR.
The report reads in part: “The National Bureau of Statistics published the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) Report at state level for Half Year (H1) 2021. The Internally Generated Revenue Report is sub-headed under five categories: PAYE, Direct Assessment, Road Taxes, Other Taxes and revenue from Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).
“The 36 states and FCT Internally Generated Revenue amounted to N849,123,384,003.55 in H1 2021. In the first quarter of 2021, the IGR was N398,259,343,434.98 while in the second quarter it amounted to N450,864,040,568.57.
“This indicates a positive growth of 13.21 per cent. Lagos State has the highest Internally Generated Revenue with N267,232,774,434.06 in H1 2021, followed by FCT with N69,072,879,664.43 billion and Rivers State with N57,324,672,372.42. While Yobe State with N4,031,033,046.55 recorded the least.
“Internally Generated Revenue by Zones in the first half of 2021 shows that the South-West zone recorded the highest revenue which amounted to N385,414,274,922.27 billion followed by the South-South zone with N156,171,326,501.04 billion, while the Northeast zone recorded the least internally generated revenue with N42,915,002,928.39.
“Amongst the Internally Generated Revenue categories, PAYE contributed the highest which amounted to N488,106,692,662.06 billion, this was followed by revenue from MDAs which amounted to N173,555,639,556.76 billion. The least category was Road Tax with a contribution of N16,752,826,313.01 billion in the first half of 2021.”
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