Nigeria’s state analysis: Transparency, jobs, and inclusion as drivers of competitiveness

In Nigeria's complex federal architecture of 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the locus of transformative governance has decisively shifted from Abuja's corridors to state houses across the federation. The latest Phillips Consulting State Performance Index (pSPI) 2025 crystallises this reality with uncomfortable precision, revealing a federation in flux where some states are engineering rapid transformation while others drift toward institutional decay. The methodology behind these rankings—70 percent objective indicators weig