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Lagos generates N283.46bn IGR in nine months
Lagos State accounted for N283.46 billion or 35.68 per cent of the total N794.50 billion Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) generated by the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) between January and September 2018, findings by New Telegraph show.
In fact, a breakdown of the NBS data shows that Lagos generated more IGR than 30 states combined during the period.
According to the IGR at state level (Q3 2018) report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) at the weekend, Lagos generated the highest IGR of N283.46 billion in the first nine months of last year, followed by Rivers and Ogun states with N83.79 billion and N63.1 billion respectively.
New Telegraph, February 6, 2019
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