Federal, states, Local governments share N652b

The federal, state and local governments have shared a total of N652 billion in July, the Accountant General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris said on Tuesday.

He said this in Abuja, after chairing the monthly meeting of Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC).

He added that the figure comprised of both mineral and non-mineral revenue.

He said that the gross statutory revenue of N570.5 billion received for the month of June was more than the N317.5 billion in the previous month by N253 billion.

Idris said the gross revenue available from Value Added Tax (VAT) was N81.6 billion as against N79.9 billion distributed in May, indicating an increase of N1.6 billion.

He also said the Excess Crude Account (ECA) stood at 2.303 billion dollars while the Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT) was 68 million dollars.

He said non-mineral revenue increased by N181.2 billion from N157.5 billion in May to N338.8 billion in June.

Giving the breakdown on what was distributed to the three tiers of government, he said the Federal Government got N286.5 billion, States N178.6 billion and Local Governments got N134.9 billion.

He also said N29.8 billion was shared to oil producing states as their 13 per cent derivation for the month, while cost of collection and Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) refund stood at N22.1 billion.

According to him, there was a decrease in the average price of crude oil from 55.18 dollars per barrel to 50.27 dollars per barrel.

He also said a significant decrease in export volume by 3.20 million barrels resulted in decreased revenue from export sales for the federation by 183.68 million dollars.

Idris said Lagos state has been identified as an oil producing state and that the relevant agencies to quantify the amount of crude produced by the state and what was accruable to the state would get to it.

The Chairman, Commissioners of Finance Forum, Mr Mahmood Yunuusa of Adamawa State, said states were working hard to ensure that they diversify their inflows.

“We are determined to see that in the next one year we reduce our dependence on what comes from the centre and whatever comes from the centre will be dedicated to projects.’’ (NAN)