FAAC: FG, states, LGAs shared N1.35trn in July — up by N4bn

The federation account allocation committee (FAAC) says the three tiers of government shared N1.358 trillion in July.

This represents N4 billion increase compared to the N1.354 trillion shared in June.

On Friday, FAAC held its August meeting chaired by Wale Edun, minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy.

According to a statement by Mohammed Manga, director, information and public relations, ministry of finance, FAAC shared the amount from a total revenue of N2.61 trillion available in July.

The revenue breakdown showed that statutory revenue was N161.5 billion, value-added tax (VAT) was N528 billion; electronic money transfer levy (EMTL) was N18.8 billion, exchange difference stood at N581 billion, and solid mineral provided N13.6 billion revenue, bringing the total distributable amount for the month to N1.358 trillion.

Out of the distributable revenue, FAAC said the federal government received N431 billion, the states received N473 billion, and the local government councils got N343 billion.

Also, oil-producing states received N109 billion as derivation fund (13 percent of mineral revenue).

The committee said the sum of N99.7 billion was given for the cost of collection, while N109.816 billion was allocated for transfer intervention and refunds.

Gross revenue available from the VAT for July was N625 billion — up by N62 billion compared to the N562 billion distributed in the preceding month, according to the statement.

Also, out of the distributable VAT revenue of N582 billion, the federal government got N87.3 billion, states received N291 billion and local governments got N203 billion.

“Accordingly, the Gross Statutory Revenue of N1,373.503 Trillion received for the month was lower than the sum of N1,432.667 Billion received in the previous month by N45.517 Billion. From the stated amount, the sum of N73.959 Billion was allocated for the cost of collection and a total sum of N1,137.951Trillion for Transfers, Intervention and Refunds,” FAAC said.

In addition, the gross statutory revenue balance was N161 billion, and out of this, the federal government got the sum of N58.5 billion, states received N29.6 billion, and N22.894 billion was allocated to local governments, while N50.4 billion was given as 13 percent derivation revenue to oil-producing states.

However, from the N19.6 billion ETML revenue shared, the committee said the federal government received N2.8 billion, states received N9.4 billion, and local governments received N6.5 billion, while N0.784 billion was allocated for the cost of collection.

FAAC added that oil and gas royalty, petroleum profit tax (PPT), VAT, import duty, EMTL, and external tariff levies (CET) increased significantly.

On the other hand, the company income tax (CIT) recorded a decrease, while excise duties increased only marginally.

The balance in the excess crude account (ECA) as of August 2024 stands at $473,754.57.