Governor Umaru Bago of Niger has appealed to the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), to include the state among states benefiting from the 13.5% derivation vote.
Bago made the appeal on Friday in Minna when he received a RMAFC delegation on a courtesy visit.
“Niger State usually feel shortchanged for not being considered among the states benefitting from the derivation vote because it hosts four hydrodams and has the highest land mass in the country.
“It has two major rivers,…
