No less than 31 state governments spend estimated N252.26bn to fight criminality and remove insecurity for dia states for di first six months of 2026, with Kogi, Plateau and Bauchi carry di highest share, despite di continuous killings, kidnappings and banditry wey dey happen across di country.

One analysis of di fiscal performance of each state, wey use data from di Q1 to Q2 budget performance reports from January to June 2026 wey dem get from Open Nigerian States, one budgIT-backed website wey dey keep government budget data, on Sunday, show say Kogi top di table with N34.67bn, wey be 13.74% of di total expenditure wey dem capture for di data. Plateau follow with N23.69bn, or 9.39%, while Bauchi spend N22.35bn, wey be 8.86%.

Di states wey record security-related expenditure include Abia, Adamawa, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Oyo, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba and Zamfara, while Akwa Ibom, Edo, Osun, Rivers and Yobe no record any expenditure for di categories wey dem list.

Di figures cover spending on security equipment, homeland security personnel, security votes and operations, ministries of security or special advisers, and security trust funds.

Di analysis show say state-level spending rise well-well for di latest data, with di combined expenditure across di states wey dem cover increasing by N176.42bn, or 232.6%, from N75.84bn for 2025 to N252.26bn.

But based on year-by-year comparison of states wey get available data, di figures wey you supply show say 22 states spend approximately N144.44bn for 2026, compared with N75.84bn for 2025. Dat one be increase of approximately N68.61bn, or 90.5%.

Di figures dey highlight di efforts wey di states dey make as dem dey use resources to help federal security efforts and respond to threats wey dey inside dia territories.