FAAC shares N604bn to FG, States, LGAs As October Allocation

November 19, 2020
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By Brangyet Kabien

The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), had distributed a total of N604.004 billion to the three tiers of government, as federation allocation for October 2020 on Wednesday in Abuja.

Giving the break down of the sharing formula, the Federal Government received N220.751 billion, the States received N161.825 billion, while the Local Government councils got N120.588 billion.

The oil-producing states received N31.902 billion as 13 per cent derivation (Mineral Revenue), Cost of Collection/Transfer and Refunds got N48.939 billion.

A communique issued by the FAAC at the end of the meeting, chaired by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mr Aliyu Ahmed showed that the Gross Revenue available from the Value Added Tax (VAT) for October 2020 was N126.463 billion as against N141.858 billion distributed in the preceding month of September 2020, resulting in a decrease of N15.395 billion.

A breakdown of the distribution according to a statement by the Ministry’s Director of Information, Mr Hassan Dodo, the Federal Government got N17.642 billion, the States received N58.805 billion, Local Government Councils N41.167 billion, while Cost of Collection/Transfer and Refund is N5.059 billion and allocation to NEDC project, N3.794 billion.

The distributed Statutory Revenue of  N378.148 billion received for the month was higher than the N341.501 billion received for the previous month by N36.647 billion, from which the Federal government received N166.195 billion, States got N84.296 billion, LGAs got N64.989 billion, Derivation (13% Mineral Revenue) got N21.581 billion and Cost of Collection/ Transfer and Refund got N40.086 billion.

The communique also revealed that Oil and Gas Royalty, Companies Income Tax (CIT) increased substantially. Import Duty, Excise Duty, Value Added Tax (VAT), and Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT), recorded decreases.

It further disclosed that the total revenue distributable for the current month was augmented with the sums of N72.000 billion, and N7.392 billion from Forex Equalization and FGN Intervention respectively, including augmentation of N20 billion from the Stabilization Account because of low revenue which is to be shared accordingly to the three tiers of government, bringing the total Distributable Revenue to N604.004 billion.

The balance in the Excess Crude Account as at 18th November 2020 stands at $72.409 million.

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