The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) shared a total of N675.946 billion as disbursements from the November 2021 Federation Account Revenue to the federal, states and local governments.
The figures of the total amount distributed to the tiers of government were contained in a Communiqué issued at the end of a virtual meeting of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) for December 2021.
According to the communiqué, the N675.946 billion total distributable revenue comprised distributable statutory revenue of N488.674 billion; distributable Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of N182.678 billion, Exchange Gain of N4.156 billion and Excess Bank Charges Recovered of N0.438 billion.
During the month under review, the total deductions for cost of collection was N30.957 billion and the total deductions for statutory transfers, refunds and savings was N136.908 billion. The balance in the Excess Crude Account (ECA) was $35.365 million.
The communiqué further reflected that from the total distributable revenue of N675.946 billion; the Federal Government received N261.441billion, the State Governments received N210. 046 billion and the Local Government Councils received N155.456 billion. The sum of N49.003 billion was shared to the relevant States as 13% derivation revenue.
A further analysis of the disbursements to the tiers of government showed that the distributable statutory revenue of N488.674billion was available for the month. From this, the Federal Government received N231.863 billion, the State Governments received N117.604 billion and the Local Government Councils received N90.668 billion. The sum of N48.540 billion was shared to the relevant States as 13% derivation revenue.
Similarly, the gross revenue available from the Value Added Tax (VAT) was N196.175 billion. This was higher than the N166.284 billion available in the month of October 2021 by N29.891billion.
The communiqué further showed that “the sum of N5.650 billion allocation to NEDC and N7.847 billion cost of collection were deducted from the N196.175 billion gross Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue, resulting in the distributable Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of N182.678billion.
“From the N182.678 billion distributable Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue, the Federal Government received N27.402 billion, the State Governments received N91.339 billion and the Local Government Councils received N63.937 billion.
“The Federal Government received N1.946 billion from the total Exchange Gain revenue of N4.156 billion. The State Governments received N0.986 billion, the Local Government Councils received N0.761 billion and N0.463 billion was shared to the relevant States as 13% derivation revenue.
“The Federal Government received N0.231billion, the State Governments received N0.117billion and the Local Government Councils received N0.090 billion from the N0.438 billion Excess Bank Charges Recovered”, it added.
The Communiqué showed that during the month in review, Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT), Oil and Gas Royalties, Companies Income Tax (CIT) and Value Added Tax (VAT), increased remarkably while Import and Excise Duty increased marginally.
