The federal government has disbursed a fresh N123bn performance-based grants to state governments.
Minister of finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday.
Ahmed says the disbursement is a result of the achievements made by the states in the just concluded 2019 annual performance assessment.
The assessment was carried out by the office of the auditor-general of the federation as the independent verification agent and approved by the programme coordination unit of the finance ministry.
The finance minister says the indicators covered fiscal transparency, accountability, expenditure efficiency, revenue mobilization and debt sustainability.
States received grants in accordance with the number of results achieved. Sokoto state received the highest amount, six and a half billion naira, while Kano got the lowest amount of one point seven billion naira.
Bayelsa, Imo, Rivers and Zamfara states got zero allocation because they did not meet the 2019 eligibility criteria which require states to publish online approved annual budgets and audited financial statements within a specific timeframe.