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Open National Assembly @nassnigeria

In 2018 alone, allocation to the legislative arm of Government was NGN 139.5 billion Naira (USD 387.5 Mn).
This figure represents 1.53% of the NGN9.12 budget in 2018 and approximately 1 % of the National GDP of USD 397.4 Bn.

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Nigeria's ranks 110 out of 160 countries in the 2018 Logistics Performance Index. the chart below compares Nigeria on the indes since 2007 against a seletc other countries.

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March 8, 2018, Bismarck Rewane resigns from the board of @MyFCMB and the price of shares fell 12% week-on-week.

Likely correlation or a spurious one?

The markets have been interesting since-after the elections

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Using Q1 - Q3 data for 2018, only 3 States fell below 10 % on the States Viability Index (SVI): Yobe (7.41%), Kebbi (7.92%), Bayelsa (8.92%), and Borno (9.96%). This, however, represents a "marked improvement" from 17 states in 2017. Lagos (314.91%), Ogun (219%) topped the list.

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List of CBN Governors since the 90s

Paul A. Ogwuma 1993 – 1999 South-East
Joseph O. Sanusi 1999 – 2004 South-West
Chukwuma C. Soludo 2004 – 2009 South-East
Sanusi L. Sanusi 2009 – 2014 North-West

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Godwin Emefiele 2014 – 2019?? South-South

Who’s Next? Could Mr Emefiele break the chain and get a return ticket? Which region would claim the slot this time?
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[Holmes @Tyxyzy]

And really, none of the two major parties is going to die anytime soon. They can only go into hibernation for some time.

Nature harbours a vacuum, once elections are close, there will be realignment and a challenger will use whichever of the big parties is in the opposition.

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Distribution of rejected votes across geographical regions

North Central: 213,144
North West: 346,393
North East: 204,194
South West: 223,864
South East: 121,984
South South: 180,028

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Top ten states with the lowest rejected votes

Ekiti 12,577
Bayelsa 14,089
Osun 17,200
Nasarawa 18,621
Zamfara 18,785
Anambra 19,301
Ebonyi 20,263
Abia 21,180
C/River 24,145
Rivers 24,420

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Top ten states with highest rejected votes

Kano: 73,617
Lagos: 67,023
Katsina: 63,712
Oyo: 54,549
Sokoto: 54,049
Delta: 52,492
Adamawa: 49,222
Kebbi: 47,150
Kaduna: 45,402
Niger: 45,039

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[Omoafe @omoafe]

Interesting data by @BusinessDay_RIU

Buhari won the elections in the Southern States.....all his gains in 2019 came from areas he lost in 2015....

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PDP gained more votes relative to 2015 in these states

Sokoto: +209,405
Katsina: +209,119
Kano: +175,814
Kaduna: +165,527
Adamawa: +158,602
Jigawa: +146,991
Bauchi: +123,228
FCT: +102,802
Osun: +87,448
Niger: +68,830
Kogi: +68,220
Taraba: +63,943
Oyo: +63,314

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Zamfara: -19,410
Ogun: -13,295
Edo: -11,178
Plateau: -950

@BusinessDayNg #NigeriaDecides2019
#NigeriaHasDecided

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PDP lost more votes relative to 2015 in these states

Rivers: -1,013,104
Delta: -617,337
A/Ibom: -557,472
Imo: -224,262
Enugu: -197,450
Lagos: -184,312
Bayelsa: -163,276
Abia: -148,605
Anambra: -136,024
C/River: -119,126
Ebonyi: -65,080
Ekiti: -22,434
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Buhari lost more votes relative to 2015 in these states

Kano: -439,231
Lagos: -211,635
Sokoto: -181,593
Zamfara: -173,520
Oyo: -163,391
Kaduna: -134,315
Bauchi: -133,170
Katsina: -113,308
Jigawa: - 91,250
Ondo: -58,120
Niger: -45,307
Osun: -35,969
Ogun: -26,528

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Buhari gained more votes relative to 2015 in these states

Borno: +362,953
Delta: +172,382
Akwa Ibom: +117,018
Bayelsa: +113,627
Ekiti: +98,900
Cross river: +88,934
Rivers: +81,472
Abia: +71,664
Ebonyi: +71,208
Taraba: +63,580
Edo: +59,373
Nasarawa: +53,065

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Zenith bank’s impressive full year result anchored on 25% cut in expenses
https://t.co/uKRkv5mKOG

[The Indicator @theindicator]

Here's an economist you should know: Sadie Alexander, the first African-American economist.

[Ikechukwu (Stephen) Onyekwelu @fenbaya]

At $66.30 per barrel (10:20 GMT), #brentcrude price has sustained its upward trajectory for 19 days and counting. Securities analysts say it has surpassed series of thresholds including $64.40.