FAAC: FG, states, LGAs share N673bn for August

Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N673.137 billion to the three tiers of government as allocation for the month of August 2022.

From this stated amount, inclusive of Gross Statutory Revenue, Value Added Tax (VAT), and an Augmentation of Non Oil Excess Revenue, the Federal Government received N259.641 billion, the States received N222.949 billion, the Local Government Councils got N164.247 billion, while the oil-producing states received N26.301 billion as derivation (13% of Mineral Revenue).

The communiqué issued by FAAC, at the end of the meeting, in Thursday, indicated that the Gross Revenue available from VAT for August 2022 was N215.266 billion.

The VAT distribution is as follows: Federal Government got N32.290 billion, the States received N107.633 billion, Local Government Councils got N75.343 billion.

Accordingly, the Gross Statutory Revenue of N437.871 billion distributed was lower than the sum received in the previous month, from which the Federal Government was allocated the sum of N216.815 billion, States got N109.972 billion, LGAs got N84.783 billion, and Oil Derivation (13% Mineral Revenue) got N26.301 billion.

Also, the N20 billion Augmentation of Non Oil Excess Revenue now converted to distributable revenue was shared to the three tiers of government as follows; the Federal Government received N10.536 billion, States got N5.344 billion, Local Government Councils received N4.120 billion.

The communiqué further revealed that VAT, Import and Excise Duties recorded significant increases, while Companies Income Tax (CIT), Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT), Oil and Gas Royalties decreased considerably.

It was further disclosed that total revenue distributable for the month of August was drawn from Statutory Revenue of N437.871 billion, VAT of N215.266 billion and N20 billion Augmentation of Non Oil Excess Revenue bringing the total distributable for the month to N673.137 billion.

However, the balance in the Excess Crude Account (ECA), as at 23rd September 2022, stands at $470,599.54.

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