FG, states, LGAs share N655.2bn for January
The federal, states and local governments have
shared N655.177 billion, being revenue generated in December 2017 and shared in
January 2018.
The breakdown showed the total amount shared
include N540.446 billion gross statutory revenue received for the month, which
is lower than the N549.533 billion shared in the previous month by N9.089
billion.
Another sum of N83.963 billion was received from
Valued Added Tax (VAT) as against the N80.426 billion distributed in the
preceding month, resulting in N3.537 billion.
“The distributable statutory revenue for the month
is N423.961 billion. The total revenue distributable for the current month
(including VAT) is N558.082 billion”, minister of finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun
said while reading out the communiqué of the January meeting to journalists in
Abuja.
Adeosun said the decrease in crude oil export
sales by 0.59 million barrels resulted in decreased revenue from export sales
of $11.65 million.
She however, stated that the average price of
crude oil increased from $52.07 to $56.83 per barrel during the period under
review.
The Federal Government got N252.543 billion or 52
per cent of the total money shared. All the states of the federation received
the total sum of N128.093 billion, representing 26.72 per cent, while Local
governments got N98.755 billion or 20.60 per cent of the N655.177 billion
shared. The sum of N47.738 was shared among the oil producing states as 13 per
cent derivation fund.
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) remitted N3.638
billion, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) N4.567 billion and Department of
Petroleum Resources (DPR) N3.104, all less cost of revenue collections.
There is a balance of $2.317 billion in the
nation’s Excess Crude Account, which shows that the federal government is yet
to deduct the $1 billion approved by the National Economic Council (NEC) for
funding of the war against Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East because
there hasn’t been an approval from FAAC said the Minister.
Daily Trust
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