Oyo and twenty-five Nigerian states recorded zero foreign investment in the whole of 2020, figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics have shown.
The report on capital importation into the country, compiled by the Central Bank of Nigeria, was released on Friday by the NBS.
It captures the total Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), portfolio investment and other types of investments into the country in a year the global economy suffered a terrible battering as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
The total value of capital inflow for the year fell to $9.7 billion, from $24 billion in 2019, representing a decline of 59.7 per cent. It was the lowest in at least four years.
More foreign capital inflows came through “other investments”, followed by FDI, and Portfolio Investment, the report said.
Equities supplied the largest chunk of capital inflows, while the United Kingdom emerged as the top source of capital investment in Nigeria in the year.
By destination, Lagos emerged as the top destination of capital investment in Nigeria with $8.3 billion, followed by Abuja, which received $1.3 billion.
The others on the list are Abia State with relatively lower $56 million, Niger with $16.4 million, and Ogun with $13.4 million.
Anambra State recorded $10.2 million, Kaduna State recorded $4.03 million, Sokoto got $2.5 million and Kano got $2.4 million.
Akwa Ibom received $1.05 million ahead of Adamawa, which received just $20,000.
All the remaining 26 states received no foreign capital inflows the entire year, the report shows.
They are Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Taraba, Yobe, and Zamfara States.
