Precisely in page 60 of the book [Nigerian Federal Finance], Dr. Adedeji wrote: The Northern region received substantially, in the 1960s, much less than its derivative share. Eastern region received substantially much more. The Western region, at first, received much less allocation than its derivative share, although the gap between its derivative share and allocation diminished over the years, from 5.9% from 1948 - 1949 to 0.9% in 1959. So the East remained consistently a deficit region while the North, and to some extent the West remained the surplus region. It was, therefore not entirely out of place when Sir. Richard, Governor General of Nigeria (1943 - 1947) posited thus: I found that the North which pays its taxes almost as obediently as people do in England and which contribute more than any other section of Nigeria to the general revenue has the least spent on it by the central government. The eastern provinces - South East and South-South today - is the part of Nigeria which is most vocal and which clamours and calls for more education, more of everything is the part which least contributes to the other two regions on the general revenue of the country. It is also the part upon which government spent much.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 16:24:43 +0000
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