See List Of 10 Poorest States in Nigeria – Check If Your State Is Among!

According to the National Bureau of
Statistics, Sokoto is the poorest state in
Nigeria with an 81.2% poverty rate.
Furthermore, a 2012 information
posted on the bureau’s website listed
the top 10 poorest states in the
country:
10. Zamfara – 70.8%
Formed from the Old Sokoto state in
1996 and located in northwestern
Nigeria, Zamfara is governed by
Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari, a member
of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.
Agriculture is the most important
occupation of the people of the state,
hence its slogan “farming is our
pride”
Recently the governor was blasted
for the “alarming scope of economic
dangers and its potential threat to
the economic development of the
state,” by the Zamfara Budget
Working Group.
9. Kebbi – 72%
Kebbi State is a north-western
Nigeria state formed from part of
Sokoto State in 1991. It is bordered
by Sokoto State,Niger State,Dosso
Regionin the Republic of Niger and
the nation of Benin.
There isn’t much to be written about
the state’s economy but things are
looking up. The recently concluded
Sir Ahmadu Bello International
Airport (SABIA), stands out as one of
Nigeria’s most sophisticated airports
and is expected to boost the state’s
economy.
8. Bauchi – 73%
Bauchi is a Northern Nigerian state
formed in 1976 when the former
North-Eastern Stat ewas broken up.
In Hausa the word Bauchi meansthe
land of freedom and tourism.
However recent Boko Haram
adventures in the area, though few,
have driven tourists away from the
area.
Last year Gov. Isa Juguda told Arewa
that economies of Northern states is
finished due to the Boko Haram
insurgency.
7. Ebonyi – 73.6%
Created by Gen. Sanni Abacha in
1996, Ebonyi is the only south
eastern state among the top 9 poorest
country. It is governed by Martin
Elechi who currently claims his
enemies have set aside N3bn for his
impeachment.
The state is besieged by corrupt
office holders and the EFCC recently
froze accounts of the state’s local
governments.
6. Plateau – 74.1%
Plateau State is the twelfth largest
state of Nigeria, and is roughly
located in the center of the country.
Governored by Jonah Jang of the
Peoples’ Democratic Party, Plateau
has naturally col climate and a wide
range of tourist attractions and
boasts of a bubbling state capital,
Jos.
The state is haunted by some
terrorist attacks and tribal clashes
from time to time, especially clashes
between Fulani herdsmen and its
inhabitants.
5. Jigawa – 74.1%
Jigawa, carved out of the old Kano
state is located in North central
Nigeria and is under the leadership
of Alhaji Sule lamido.
Kano State and Katsina State border
Jigawa to the west, Bauchi State to
the east and Yobe State to the
northeast. To the north, Jigawa
shares an international border with
Zinder Region in The Republic of
Niger, which is a unique opportunity
for cross-border trading activities.
Government readily took advantage
of this by initiating and establishing
a Free-Trade Zone at the Border
town of Maigatari of country of
Niger.
4. Gombe – 74.2%
Gombe is another North eastern state
which shares common borders with
the states of Borno, Yobe, Taraba,
Adamawa and Bauchi. It suffers
sporadic attacks from terrorists and
is governed by rIbrahim Hassan
Dankwambo of the Peoples’
Democratic Party.
3. Adamawa – 74.2%
Formed in 1991 from the extinct
Gongola state, Adamawa has of late
been terrorized by the islamist Boko
Haram terrorist group, disrupting
it’s economic development and
growth.
However Yola, the state capital
under its current governor Bala
Ngillari is fast being transformed
with new roads, street lights, traffic
lights and other prerequisites of a
modern city being built. However
things are far from being rosy as
other parts of the state remain
underdeveloped.
2. Katsina – 74.5%
Katsina is a state in North central
Nigeria and is governed by Ibrahim
Shettima of the Peoples’ Democratic
Party.
The state has the highest poverty
prevalence amongst all states in the
region.
Under the economic sector there is a
paltry capital allocation of only N276
million (0.2%) to manufacturing, a
paltry N214,019,000 (0.1%) capital
provision for Women Empowerment
under the Ministry of Women
Affairs and only N100 million
(0.08%) under the Ministry of Youth
and Sports for the states Youth
Empowerment Program (Youth
Action Plan).
1. Sokoto – 81.2%
Sokoto is located in the extreme
Northwest of Nigeria. It has
unfriendly climate conditions with
temperature going as high as 45C on
a normal day.
Most part of the state are rural areas
and over eighty percent (80%) of the
inhabitants of Sokoto practice one
form of agriculture or another.
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