Adamawa generated N363.59m, during the time that Kebbi recorded N364.69m.
In 2025 alone, Katsina had the lowest road tax group at N47.78m, followed by Kebbi alongside N65.49m, Bayelsa including N70.92m, Sokoto including N84.09m and Jigawa including N96.84m.
The road tax receipts formed element of the broader tax sales collected by states, which the NBS classified to include PAYE, manual assessment, road taxes, stamp duties, investment gains tax, withholding taxes, other taxes and nearby government turnover.
The bureau reported that the 36 states and the FCT generated N5.15tn in overall IGR in 2025, representing a 40.93 per cent expand from N3.65tn in 2024. Kebbi recorded the steepest fall amid the states, declining by 73.52 per cent from N247.35m in 2024 to N65.49m in 2025. Cross River, Edo and Ogun recorded N2.29bn, N2.14bn and N2.12bn, respectively.
The 2025 statistics moreover revealed significant increases in some states. Lagos generated N16.74bn in 2023, and N16.87bn in 2025, so the missing 2024 figure significantly affected the countrywide whole.
The NBS defines road taxes as “daily levies paid by commercial transporters operating before the complete of the states.” It said IGR figures for the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory were compiled by the Joint Turnover Board from approved records and submissions by Situation Boards of Internal Sales.
An analysis of the three-year facts showed a extensive disparity in collections between states, alongside Lagos accounting for N33.61bn in the two years for which figures were reported. Bauchi recorded one of the sharpest jumps, alongside collections rising from N413.51m in 2024 to N1.89bn in 2025, an elevate of N1.48bn or 357.32 per cent.
Nasarawa recorded a similarly steep increase of 357.23 per cent, from N226.10m to N1.03bn, whilst Kogi’s established rose by 124.84 per cent from N727.84m to N1.64bn.
Ebonyi additional than doubled its road tax turnover from N249.35m in 2024 to N533.43m in 2025. Ogun generated N1.64bn, Zamfara N1.61bn and Ondo N1.59bn.
Alongside no Lagos figure reported in 2024, Delta recorded the highest selection at N2.71bn. It too bans the mounting of roadblocks for the crew of taxes,” he said.
The Joint Earnings Board moreover announced a association alongside the Nigerian Police Force to combat illegal tax selection and dismantle roadblocks mounted for the reason of tax selection across the country.
Gombe increased its assortment from N221.97m to N411.33m, although Ondo rose from N1.73bn to N2.67bn.
Some states moved in the opposite orientation. Tax sales accounted for 73.64 per cent of the 2025 whole.
The NBS cautioned that the figures were “subject to reconciliations and updates by the respective sub-countrywide sales authorities.”
The PUNCH in March 2026 reported that the Federal Government formally prohibited cash fixed of taxes and banned the mounting of roadblocks for turnover enforcement as section of recent regulations to implement fresh tax laws.
The Executive Secretary of the Joint Earnings Board, Mr Olusegun Adesokan, stated this during the signing of the Presumptive Tax Regulations and Guidelines on the Implementation of the Tax Laws at the Federal Ministry of Finance.
Adesokan said the novel framework was designed to finish informal, coercive and fragmented tax practices, notably at the sub-countrywide stage. “It bans all forms of cash collection by tax authorities.
The 36 states generated N113.94bn from road taxes in the middle of 2023 and 2025, an assessment of statistics from the Statewide Bureau of Statistics has shown.
According to the NBS Internally Generated Revenue at Status Degree 2025, the figure comprised N40.14bn collected in 2023, N23.92bn in 2024 and N49.88bn in 2025, according to declare-stage Internally Generated Sales facts analysed by The PUNCH.
The statistics showed that road tax collections fell by N16.22bn, or 40.42 per cent, from N40.14bn in 2023 to N23.92bn in 2024, in advance of rebounding by N25.96bn, or 108.53 per cent, to N49.88bn in 2025.
Nevertheless, the sharp decline in 2024 may be linked to the absence of Lagos’s road tax figure for that year. Its road tax turnover increased steadily from N2.60bn in 2023 to N2.71bn in 2024 and N3.33bn in 2025.
Ondo followed including a cumulative N5.99bn, comprising N1.59bn in 2023, N1.73bn in 2024 and N2.67bn in 2025. Ogun collected N5.49bn during the period, whilst Edo and Cross River recorded N5.32bn and N5.28bn, respectively.
The yearly ranking showed that Lagos led collections in 2023 using N16.74bn, followed by Ebonyi alongside N2.85bn and Delta using N2.60bn. Delta followed together with N3.33bn, whereas Ondo generated N2.67bn. That amounted to 29.5 per cent of the complete N113.94bn recorded nationally over the period despite the missing 2024 figure.
Delta emerged as the biggest collector externally Lagos, generating N8.64bn over the three years. Cross River followed alongside N1.77bn, Ondo including N1.73bn, Ogun including N1.72bn and Edo including N1.58bn.
In 2025, Lagos returned to the top including N16.87bn, accounting for on 33.8 per cent of the N49.88bn reported nationally. Katsina fell by 54.94 per cent from N106.03m to N47.78m, during the time that Sokoto dropped by 49.05 per cent from N165.04m to N84.09m.
Bayelsa’s selection declined for a second in progress year, falling from N146.60m in 2023 to N102.18m in 2024 and N70.92m in 2025.
For the three-year period, Katsina recorded the lowest cumulative assortment at N183.10m, followed by Yobe together with N309.04m and Bayelsa alongside N319.70m.
Source: States generate N114bn from road taxes in three years
