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Lagos, Rivers Lead Others In IGR Collection
Lagos State collected the highest Internally-Generated Revenue (IGR) of N753.46billion in 2021 followed by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) which collected N131.92billion.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) stated, yesterday in Abuja that in 2020, Lagos State also led other states in IGR collection when it got N660billion, followed by Rivers State at N117.19billion.
In 2019, Lagos State also took the lead when it collected N646.61billion again, followed by Rivers State, which collected N169.6billion.
The NBS stated in its Internally Generated Revenue at States Level (2019 – 2021) report that the 36 states of the federation combined collected N1.64trillion as IGR in 2019.
It stated that 64.65percent of the revenue collected by the states was from taxes.
The NBS added that the N1.64trillion collected in 2019 declined by 4.65percent in 2020 when the states collected N1.56trillion internally.
“The proportion of tax revenue in 2020 rose to 66.16percent, however,’’ it stated.
The NBS stated also that in 2021, the 36 states collected N1.9trillion internally, representing a growth rate of 21.54percent over the 2020 revenue collections.
Meanwhile, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that 206,449,125 active voice subscribers were recorded in the second quarter (Q2).
This is contained in the NBS Telecoms Data: Active Voice and Internet per State, Porting and Tariff Information report for Q2, released in Abuja, yesterday.
According to NBS, this is an increase compared to 187,611,501 recorded in Q2 2021, representing a 10.4per cent rise on a year-on-year basis.
On a quarter-on-quarter basis, the report showed that growth stood at 3.45per cent, an increase from the 199,558,540 subscribers recorded in Q1.
Also, the report revealed a total of 151,332,090 active internet subscribers were recorded in Q2 compared to 140,175,169 reported in Q2 2021.
“This indicates a growth rate of 7.96per cent on a year-on-year basis. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, growth stood at 3.76per cent,” said the report.
On state analysis, the report also showed Lagos had the highest number of active voice subscribers in Q2 with 25,002,808, followed by Kano with 12,499,401 and Ogun with 12,288,042.
The report showed that Bayelsa recorded the least with 1,530,739, followed by Ekiti with 1,775,647, and Ebonyi with 1,840,443.
The report showed that Lagos State stood top with active internet subscribers recorded at 18,441,791, followed by Kano with 9,255,299 and Ogun with 9,151,148.
“Also, Bayelsa had the least with 1,126,076, followed by Ebonyi and Ekiti with 1,319,005 and 1,380,154, respectively,” the report stated.
It showed that MTN had the highest share of subscriptions in Q2.
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