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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