26 states were overlooked by Foreign investors, as Nigeria’s capital importation reached $2.60bn in the second quarter of 2024, according to the latest capital importation report for the second quarter of 2024, released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday.
Lagos attracted $1.37bn, or 52.52 per cent of total inflows. The economic nerve centre of the country was closely followed by Abuja receiving $1.24bn, which accounted for 47.48 per cent of the total.
The 26 states with no foreign investments from Q2 2023 to Q2 2024 are listed below:
Bauchi
2. Bayelsa
3. Benue
4. Borno
5. Cross River
6. Delta
7. Ebonyi
8. Edo
9. Enugu
10. Gombe
11. Imo
12. Jigawa
13. Kaduna
14. Kano
15. Katsina
16. Kebbi
17. Kogi
18. Kwara
19. Nasarawa
20. Osun
21. Oyo
22. Plateau
23. Sokoto
24. Taraba
25. Yobe
26. Zamfara
