A total of N617.566 billion was on Tuesday distributed as
Federal Allocation for the month of March, 2019 among the three government,
comprising 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 N446.647 billion, which is lower than the N478.434 billion received
in the previous month by N31.787 billion.
In the same vein, the revenue generated from the Value Added
Tax (VAT) was N92.181billion. This is a decrease from the N96.389 billion
generated from previous month, with N4.208 billion. There was also N653 million from
Exchange Gain, N13.085 billion from Forex Equalization; N55.000 billion from
Good & Valuable Consideration as well as N10.000 billion added by
NNPC.These therefore, brought the total revenue distributable for the current
month to the sum of N617.566 billion.
Consequently, from the Net Distributable Revenue for the
month, federal government received N257.758 ; States received N168.254 billion;
Local Government Councils received N126.575 billion , while the Oil Producing
States received N49.823 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 the the Value Added Tax (VAT) realised
saw the federal government receiving N13.274 billion, representing 15 per cent;
states received N44.247 billion representing 50 per cent while the local
government councils received N30.973
billion also representing 35 per cent
The communique also showed the breakdown of allocation from
the the Statutory revenue generated as thus: Federal Government N208.394
billion representing 52.68%; States Government N105.700 billion, Local
Government Council received N81.490 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 communique retreat said, were
adversely affected by production Shut-in, Shut -down at various Terminals due to
technical issues, leaks and maintenance.
There were also remarkable increase in Revenues from Oil
Royalty, Import and Excise Duties increased, while Petroleum Profit Tax(PPT)
decreased significantly. Companies Income Tax (CIT
The balance in the Excess Crude Account (ECA) currently
stands at $183 million.
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