Nigeria:   Derivation - Controversy Steers Country Towards National Conference

Vanguard, 10 March 2012

After years of opposition and or evasive action by the government, especially in the last 13 years, convocation of a national conference for Nigerians to discuss the basis of their… Read more »

Nigeria:   Derivation Formula - North Fishing for Trouble - South South

Vanguard, 1 March 2012

Prominent South-South leaders, a former governor and ex-militants in the region, yesterday, took up the northern governors in their agitation for a review of revenue allocation… Read more »

Nigeria:   Quest for More Money - What the North Should Do - Sen Ewherido

Vanguard, 1 March 2012

Senator Pius Ewherido, DPP, Delta Central, is unarguably one of the foremost political players in his native Delta State. He was before his advent to the Senate, Deputy Speaker of… Read more »

Nigeria:   ACF, South-South Leaders On War Path Over Derivation

Vanguard, 29 February 2012

Agitation for a review of the revenue formula by northern elite has been welcomed as an opportunity for a review of the fiscal terms of the nation's federalism, the Majority Leader… Read more »

Nigeria:   Northern Govts Want More Revenue for Themselves, Cronies - Shehu Sani

Daily Trust, 29 February 2012

The President of the Civil Rights Congress, Shehu Sani, yesterday described the call for more revenue allocation to the North by the state governors as selfish, saying most of the… Read more »

Nigeria:   Revenue Allocation Skewed Against North - - Aliyu

Daily Trust, 24 February 2012

Northern governors will engage stakeholders in pressing for a review of the revenue allocation formula to attain some level of equity for the overall development of the country,… Read more »

Nigeria:   Revenue Formula Unfair to North - Governor Aliyu

Leadership, 24 February 2012

Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, has said that the federal revenue formula should be reviewed in 2012 as it is presently unfavourable to the northern part of the country. Read more »