Ajuri, I don't quite seem to understand your point. Are you questioning the very essence of rating the performance of states, the criteria used or the results? I think assessing the performance of states under a democracy is in order; those who performed abysmally will come under pressue from citizens to buckle up, while those with average or above-average performance will seek to excel more. In this case, the highest aggregate score is about 56 percent - definitely not something much to cheer about, yet indicative of the credibility of the whole exercise. The report never said any of the states had reached the eldorado. Rivers's aggregate score which is somewhere below 40 percent should indeed be enough evidence that it has not justified its prodigious oil receipts like you said. And if the report exposes the shenanigans of River state government's continual noisy celebration of some cosmetic projects even on CNN, then it should be taken more seriously. Incidentally I am from Rivers State! I've always been appalled at the waywardness and extravagance of Gov. Perter Odili and his peacock of a wife (who is supposed to be an appeal court judge but is always hanging around the governor making one wonder how she finds time to research and write her judgments). Of all the governors in Nigeria it was only Odili and wife that named schools and estates after Stella OBJ. He brags about building a multi-million dollar government house, a new house of assembly complex, and a new governor's residence all of which he says will be the most magnificient edifices in the whole of Rivers. How do these connect with the oil producing communities? How do they address urban and rural poverty, youth restiveness, unemployment, and environmental degradation in Ogoniland? Next, he purchased a multi-million dollar executive jet under dubious circumstances, reportedly to further service his vice presidential ambition. It is said he is running for vice president of Nigeria. For the past six years he has been running for vice president at aq great toll on the common till. Well, I endorse and acclaim the rating which I think is almost perfectly reflective of the reality on the ground despite the protestations of the poorly rated states.