Nigerian economy reportedly attracted $6.85 billion worth of investments in the first nine months of 2017, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
The report, which contains the total amount of fresh investments attracted to the Nigerian economy during a particular period of time, revealed that while some States took advantage of the new interest in Nigerian economy, 28 states failed to attract investments to their States.
These States include Abia, Adamawa, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna and Kano.
Others are Katsina, Kebbi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Ondo, Osun, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe and Zamfara.
The NBS report showed that only nine state governments were able to secure fresh investments inflow into their states within the first nine months of last year.
Lagos State attracted the highest amount of $5.9 billion during the nine-month period.
The $5.9bn investment inflow into Lagos State represented about 86.18 per cent of the entire $6.85 billion that the country attracted during the nine-month period.
The Federal Capital Territory and Akwa Ibom State followed, attracting total investment inflows of $849.12 million and $76.42 million, respectively during the period.
During the period under review, Ogun attracted fresh investment inflows of $6.75m; Oyo, $6.35m; Rivers, $550,000; Edo, $3.74m; Enugu, $630,000; and Kogi, $148,000.
