Top 10 Riches States in Nigeria: You Won't believe no: 5

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The top 10 leading IGR states in Nigeria ( Invariably considered the richest states) are :

1. Lagos State with N268.22bn IGR in 2015,
2. Rivers State (N82.10bn),

3. Delta State (N40.80bn),
4. Ogun State (N34.59bn),
5. Edo state (N19.11bn),
6. Enugu (N18.08bn),
7. Oyo (N15.66 bn),
8. Anambra (N14.793bn),
9. Akwa Ibom (N14.791bn) and
10. Kano (N13.611bn).


 The10 poorest states in Nigeria According to the National Bureau of Statistics.
A survey carried out on the bureau’s website, disclosed that Sokoto remains the poorest state in Nigeria with an 81.2 per cent poverty rate.

1. Sokoto
2. Gombe
3. Plateau
4. Ebonyi
5. Bauchi
6. Zamfara
7. Katsina
8. Adamawa
9. Jigawa
10. Kebbi


The 10 Most Indebted States In Nigeria. 
According to the records of the Debt Management Office (DMO) as of April 2015, DMO’s external debt figures (without adding domestic debts) show Lagos as Nigeria’s most indebted state with $1.17 billion debt.

1. Lagos with $1.17 billion debt
2.  Kaduna with $234 million debt,
3. Cross River ($142 million),
4. Edo ($123 million),
5. Ogun ($109 million),
6. Bauchi ($88 million),
7. Katsina ($79 milllion),
8. Osun ($74 million),
9. Oyo ($72 million) and
10.Enugu ($69 million).

The 9 least indebted states.
The states that are least indebted are:
1. Taraba (N4.56 bn),
2. Borno (N4.61 bn),
3. Delta (N4.85 bn),
4. Plateau (N6.19 bn),
5. Yobe (N6.25 bn),
6. Benue (N6.62 bn),
7. Abia (N6.76 bn),
8.Zamfara (N7.11 bn) and
9. Kogi (N7.16 bn).