{"id":12490,"date":"2016-11-26T21:15:05","date_gmt":"2016-11-26T21:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=12490"},"modified":"2016-11-26T21:15:05","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T21:15:05","slug":"the-injustice-of-revenue-allocation-in-nigeria-by-annkio-briggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=12490","title":{"rendered":"THE INJUSTICE OF REVENUE ALLOCATION IN NIGERIA  BY Annkio Briggs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=11684&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;North Central receives 20%<br \/>\nCONTRIBUTES.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0.00%<br \/>\nNorth East receives.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 16%<br \/>\nCONTRIBUTES.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0.00%<br \/>\nNorth West\u00a0 receives.\u00a0\u00a0 21%<br \/>\nCONTRIBUTES.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0.00%<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Every month the 19 Northern states receive a minimum of 57% of 100% revenue to which they CONTRIBUTE 0.00%.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">South West Receives.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 16%<br \/>\nCONTRIBUTES.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<wbr \/>\u00a0\u00a0 3.97%<br \/>\nSouth East.\u00a0 Receives.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11.00%<br \/>\nCONTRIBUTES.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<wbr \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2.07%<br \/>\nSouth South Receives.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15.00%<br \/>\nCONTRIBUTES.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<wbr \/>\u00a0\u00a0 91.64%<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">NIGERIA has 776 LGAS<br \/>\nNorthern Nigeria has 19 States, the 19 States has 419 LGAS<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Southern Nigeria has been 17 states the 17 states has 357 LGAS<br \/>\nWorking with the data from the office of the Accountant General\u00a0 as published by the Ministry of Finance\u00a0 (2013 April) the 357 LGAS of the 17 southern states receive 45.1% of what they contribute a 100% of.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The 419 LGAS of the 19 Northern states receive 54.9% of what they contribute 0.00% of.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">No grammar will take away the fact that l am talking of equity and justice. The South of Nigeria particularly the Niger Delta has over loved the North, and they don&#8217;t appreciate it. We must now love our selves, our children and their future and region 200%.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Some Niger Delta people may think it is politically correct to continue to give to a system and people that will never give to us, and even consider us fools for giving.<br \/>\nI refuse to be politically correct, if it means sacrificing Niger Delta.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">How dare someone who brings nothing and takes more than me who brings 100% ask me what l am doing with the little that he did not steal.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=11684&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p><code><a href=\"http:\/\/market.jumia.com.ng\/men-shoes\/?utm_source=pap&amp;utm_medium=aff&amp;utm_campaign=0bed9dec&amp;a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=0bed9dec\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"\" src=\"\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/accounts\/default1\/a72f75b38\/0bed9dec.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"643\" height=\"276\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/scripts\/a72f75i38?a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=0bed9dec\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;North Central receives 20% CONTRIBUTES.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0.00% North East receives.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 16% CONTRIBUTES.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0.00% North West\u00a0 receives.\u00a0\u00a0 21% CONTRIBUTES.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0.00% Every month the 19 Northern states receive a minimum of 57% of 100% revenue to which they CONTRIBUTE 0.00%. South West Receives.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 16% CONTRIBUTES.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3.97% South East.\u00a0 Receives.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11.00% CONTRIBUTES.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2.07% South South Receives.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15.00% CONTRIBUTES.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 91.64% [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[3319,2389,2388,2594],"class_list":["post-12490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national","tag-northern-nigeria","tag-south-east","tag-south-south","tag-south-west"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4oswh-3fs","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12491,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12490\/revisions\/12491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}