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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