FG, states, LGs shared N1.208 trillion in April: FAAC
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared the sum of N1.208 trillion as revenue for April among the federal government, states and local government councils (LGCs).
The revenue was shared on Thursday at the May meeting of FAAC in Abuja.
A communiqué issued by the committee said that the N1.208 tillion total distributable revenue comprised statutory revenue of N284.716 billion, and Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of N466.457 billion.
It also comprised electronic money transfer Levy (EMTL) revenue of N18.024 billion and exchange difference revenue of N438.884 billion.
The communique said the total revenue of N2.192 billion was available in the month of April.
“Total deduction for cost of collection is N80.517 billion; total transfers, interventions, and refunds is N903.479 billion.
The communique said gross statutory revenue of N1.233 billion was received for the month under review. This was higher than the sum of N1.017 billion received in the month of March by N216.282 billion.
It said that the gross revenue available from VAT in April was N500.920 billion, which is lower than the N549.698 billion available in March by N48.778 billion.
The communiqué said that from the N1.208 trillion total distributable revenue, the federal government received N390.412 billion, the state governments received N403.403 billion and the LGCs received N293.816 billion.
“A total sum of N120.450 billion (13 per cent of mineral revenue) was shared to the benefiting states as derivation revenue,” it said.
It said that on the N284.716 billion distributable statutory revenue, the Federal Government received N112.148 billion, the state governments received N56.883 billion and the LGCs received N43.855 billion.
It said that the sum of N71.830 billion (13 per cent of mineral revenue) was shared to the benefiting states as derivation revenue.
“The Federal Government received N69.969 billion, the state governments received N233.229 billion and the LGCs received N163.260 billion from the N466.457 billion distributable VAT revenue.
“A total sum of N2.704 billion was received by the Federal Government from the N18.024 billion EMTL, the state governments received N9.012 billion and the LGCs received N6.308 billion.
“The Federal Government received N205.591 billion from the N438.884 billion Exchange Difference revenue; the state governments received N104.279 billion, and the LGCs received N80.394 billion.
“The sum of N48.620 billion (13 per cent of mineral revenue) was shared to the benefiting states as derivation revenue,” it said.
According to the communiqué, Oil and Gas Royalties, Companies Income Tax (CIT), Excise Duty, Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT), EMTL and CET Levies increased significantly.
It, however, said that import duty and VAT recorded considerable decreases.
“The balance in the ECA was 473.754 million dollars.”
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