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the full burden of environmental degradation
caused by the oil industry. Agitation to
achieve this goal has spawned various
youth groups determined to use violence
to claim a share of the wealth they believe
to be theirs by right. As shown in chapter
one, the revenue allocation system has been
contentious, with the oil-producing states
shortchanged since the beginning of military
rule. Successive governments progressively
reduced the derivation percentage
from 50 per cent until it was zero during
the military era.
The agitation for the control of resources
has achieved much in drawing government
Table 2.2 (b): Revenues and Expenditures of the Federal Government, States and the NDDC
in the Niger Delta Region, 2003
Revenues Expenditure
Fed Govt./ Total Statutory Share of statutory Total Recurrent Capital Share of
states/NDDC revenues allocation allocation in total expenditures expenditures expenditures capital ex-
(N’mn) (N’mn) revenues (%) (N’mn) (N’mn) (N’mn) penditures
in total
Fed Govt. 1,023,241.2 889,197.8 86.9 1,225,965.9 984,277.6 241,688.3 19.7
Abia 17,496.0 12,846.8 73.5 17,022.4 8,562.8 5,588.9 32.8
Akwa Ibom 39,906.5 30,655.5 76.8 56,737.0 34,000.0 20,633.0 36.4
Bayelsa 38,716.0 34,741.9 89.7 27,982.2 13,853.1 10,250.9 36.6
Cross River 17,466.9 12,436.8 71.2 14,542.6 8,225.8 3,300.0 22.7
Delta 65,057.0 51,191.8 78.7 67,148.6 40,858.6 25,410.2 37.8
Edo 17,242.0 11,891.5 69.0 17,292.0 12,564.4 2,169.7 12.5
Imo 18,337.9 13,889.3 75.7 35,175.1 20,922.2 7,277.1 20.7
Ondo 30,528.0 15,114.5 49.5 38,834.4 16,252.3 21,719.0 55.9
Rivers 73,415.0 41,984.1 57.2 70,233.6 36,699.0 28,779.5 41.0
NDDC* n.a. 9,044.5 n.a. n.a. n.a.
ONE
Note: *The revenue of the NDDC for the years 2000, 2001 and 2003 was N19,988.9 million.
Source: Central Bank of Nigeria 2003.
attention to poverty in the Niger Delta and
in ensuring that more revenues are assigned
to the area. The derivation percentage was
raised from three per cent to 13 per cent
NIGER DELTA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT
Common toilet house found in most riverine communities in the Niger Delta
in 1999, although this still does not satisfy
local demands. The National Political Reform
Conference held in 2005 was willing
to recommend an increase to 17 per cent,
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