By Abiola Olawale
In the first half of 2025, Nigeria’s 36 states collectively received N4.1 trillion from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), with Lagos, Delta, Rivers, and Kano emerging as key beneficiaries within their geopolitical zones.
Checks on official documents from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), by The New Diplomat revealed that the South-South geo-political zone led the allocation chart, with N1.04 trillion from January to June 2025.
The South-West geo-political zone followed with N772.3 billion, while the North-West region came third on the list, with N563.6 billion.
The North Central geo-political zone came fourth, receiving N484.4 billion; the North East took N480.7 billion, while the South East collected N427.7 billion in the same six-month period, respectively.
Among individual states, Lagos State received the highest allocation during the six months under review, with receipt of N334.35 billion from the federation account.
Delta came second with N316.26 billion, while Rivers State got N301.17 billion. Bayelsa came fourth with N240.44 billion, and Akwa Ibom received N240.35 billion, ranking as the fifth state with the highest allocation in the first six months of 2025.
Kano State ranked sixth, leading the North with an allocation of N130.56 billion, and Oyo State came seventh with N113.74 billion.
On its part, Kaduna State followed with N102.31 billion, while Edo State got N102.20 billion, Imo received N99.57 billion, and Katsina went home with N98 billion, respectively.
Others include Ondo with N96.74 billion, Anambra with N94.07 billion, and Borno, which received N90.75 billion, accordingly.
Other States that reportedly received statutory allocations during the period under review include Bauchi State which received N91.30 billion, Jigawa which got N88.13 billion, and Niger State which took N89.67 billion. On the other hand, Abia had N85.21 billion, Sokoto received N84.61 billion, Plateau got N80.14 billion, Kogi received N82.80 billion, Benue got N88.26 billion, and Kebbi received N79.95 billion in the first half of the year, respectively.
Others are reportedly recorded as follows: Ogun State: N79.49 billion, Adamawa: N79.14 billion, Enugu: N78.39 billion, Zamfara: N77.99 billion, Osun: N76.35 billion, Cross River: N76.31 billion, Yobe: N74.54 billion, Kwara: N73.33 billion, Gombe: N72.42 billion, Taraba: N72.54 billion, Ekiti: N71.62 billion, Ebonyi: N70.50 billion, and Nasarawa: N70.02 billion.
Further checks by The New Diplomat showed that in January 2025, all 36 states shared a total of N611.97 billion.
In February 2025, the states shared N718.98 billion. The distribution dropped slightly in March to N698.24 billion, before slowing again to N663.06 billion in April.
In May, the amount surged to N709.29 billion, before sliding slightly to N701.92 billion in June.
