摘要：This study examines the budgetary allocation among the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria in connection to the level of poverty prevailing in each zone which is lopsided in nature. The study employed descriptive method of analysis with the aid of which we documented that inequality in the budgetary allocation attribute to the severity of poverty in the northern part of the country. We concluded that inequitable budgetary allocation could never be a solution to Nigerian’s problem of peaceful coexistence among the diverse tribes and could not holistically redress the country’s macroeconomic crisis. Therefore, going along this trend would no doubt subject unfavoured zones into serious socio-economic problem. For instance, scholars attributed the Boko Haram insurgent in the north-east geopolitical zone as a product of severity of poverty prevail in the zone and by this study we documented a strong nexus between low budgetary allocation and poverty situation in those zones. We therefore recommended that the need for realistic budgetary allocation formula becomes imminent. In such arrangement more weight should be accorded to the population size, internal revenue efforts and social development factors while equality to the states ought to be reduced.
