See Amount FG, States, LGs Shared For March Allocation

A total of ₦617.566 billion was Tuesday distributed as Federal Allocation for the month of March 2019 among the federal, state and local governments.

A communique issued by the Technical sub – Committee of Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) released at the end of meeting in Abuja, indicated that the Gross statutory revenue received for the reference month was ₦446.647 billion, which is lower than the ₦478.434 billion received in the previous month by ₦31.787 billion.

The revenue generated from the Value Added Tax (VAT) was ₦92.181billion. This is a decrease from the ₦96.389 billion generated from the previous month, with ₦4.208 billion. There was also ₦653m from Exchange Gain, ₦13.085 billion from Forex Equalization; ₦55.000 billion from Good & Valuable Consideration, as well as ₦10.000 billion, added by NNPC. These, therefore, brought the total revenue distributable for the current month to the sum of ₦617.566 billion.

Consequently, from the Net Distributable Revenue for the month, Federal Government received ₦257.758 billion; States received ₦168.254 billion; Local Government Councils received ₦126.575 billion, while the Oil Producing States received ₦49.823 billion representing 13% derivation of mineral revenue.

The cost of Collection, Transfer and FIRS Refund came up to N 15.156 billion.

The distribution of VAT realised saw the federal government receiving ₦13.274 billion, representing 15 per cent; states received ₦44.247 billion representing 50 per cent while the local government councils received ₦30.973 billion also representing 35 per cent

The communique also showed the breakdown of allocation from the Statutory revenue generated as thus: Federal Government ₦208.394 billion representing 52.68%; States Government ₦105.700 billion, Local Government Council received ₦81.490 billion.

It explained that Federation Crude oil export sales increased by about 49.18 per cent due to the increase in lifting volume, which resulted in increased Federation Revenue of about $240.23 Million. Also, the average crude oil price increased from $63.62 to $79.06 per barrel. However, lifting operations, the communiqué said, were adversely affected by production Shut-in, Shut -down at various Terminals due top technical issues, leaks and maintenance.

There was also a remarkable increase in Revenues from Oil Royalty, Import and Excise Duties, while Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT) decreased significantly Companies Income Tax (CIT).

The balance in the Excess Crude Account (ECA) currently stands at $183 million.