by Ajadi Daniel
One would have expected that states with the highest federal allocation has the highest quality of standard of living as well as infrastructural development. This might not be the case in Nigeria, as most of the states with more allocation are not exactly better than those with low allocation. More would have to be done in terms of what theses allocations are used for if we are to see justifiable impact. The first four states with the highest amount of federal allocation are understandably oil producing states, followed by Lagos and Kano, both of which are the commercial nerve centre of the country. See the table below and tell us if your state has been able to justify the allocation.
| S/N | States | Federal Allocation for 2017 | |
| 1 | AKWA IBOM | 143,614,945,782.83 | |
| 2 | RIVERS | 119,632,192,162.38 | |
| 3 | DELTA | 111,203,709,891.98 | |
| 4 | BAYELSA | 105,258,243,351.38 | |
| 5 | LAGOS | 89,694,754,919.47 | |
| 6 | KANO | 65,140,059,241.98 | |
| 7 | KADUNA | 50,807,097,529.87 | |
| 8 | BORNO | 46,535,736,179.12 | |
| 9 | KATSINA | 46,339,868,732.24 | |
| 10 | ONDO | 45,897,247,825.41 | |
| 11 | JIGAWA | 45,264,749,165.00 | |
| 12 | OYO | 44,473,339,482.90 | |
| 13 | NIGER | 42,473,678,019.42 | |
| 14 | ANAMBRA | 41,338,238,321.08 | |
| 15 | SOKOTO | 41,243,655,071.76 | |
| 16 | KEBBI | 40,076,938,773.08 | |
| 17 | BENUE | 39,801,371,551.26 | |
| 18 | KOGI | 39,646,840,921.91 | |
| 19 | BAUCHI | 39,515,179,181.38 | |
| 20 | YOBE | 39,493,537,224.68 | |
| 21 | ABIA | 38,876,702,908.70 | |
| 22 | IMO | 38,116,470,854.23 | |
| 23 | ENUGU | 37,833,557,959.83 | |
| 24 | ADAMAWA | 37,436,462,193.81 | |
| 25 | EDO | 36,844,999,470.24 | |
| 26 | EBONYI | 35,490,890,739.38 | |
| 27 | NASARAWA | 35,197,763,035.01 | |
| 28 | TARABA | 33,922,215,995.69 | |
| 29 | KWARA | 33,107,193,728.78 | |
| 30 | GOMBE | 31,232,979,502.22 | |
| 31 | PLATEAU | 29,620,161,161.72 | |
| 32 | ZAMFARA | 28,452,828,222.31 | |
| 33 | OGUN | 26,185,030,796.12 | |
| 34 | EKITI | 25,633,665,721.07 | |
| 35 | CROSS RIVER | 23,451,782,733.00 | |
| 36 | OSUN | 10,436,789,071.79 | |
Source: National Bureau of Statistics