The nine oil-producing states earned a total of N4.19 trillion as derivation in the last 15 years, analysis of official records by Daily Trust has shown.
Six of the states - Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta, Cross River and Edo - belong to the oil rich Niger Delta or South South region of the country.
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