At least 24 states of the federation will not be able to pay workers salaries this year without having to wait for federal allocations from the central government, findings by The PUNCH have revealed.
Only 11 out of the 36 state governments of the federation can independently pay their workers’ salaries without depending on federal allocations, according to an analysis of the state governments’ approved budgets for the 2024 fiscal year.
The states with robust internal revenue are Lagos, Kano, Anambra, Edo, Enugu, Imo, Kaduna, Kwara, Osun, Ogun, and Zamfara.
The approved budgets are also contained in Open States, a BudgIT-backed website that serves as a repository of government budget data.
While the budgets of 35 states have been made public, Rivers State’s budget could not be accessed nor has it also been uploaded to the platform. #NaijaEntertainmentNews
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