The three tiers of government on Thursday shared the sum of N 1.29 trillion as revenue allocation for September.
The Director of Press and Public Affairs in the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Bawa Mokwa, disclosed this in a communiqué issued at the end of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting in Abuja.
He said the total distributable revenue comprised distributable statutory revenue of N124.716 billion, distributable Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of N543.518 billion, Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL) revenue of N18.445 billion, Exchange Difference revenue of N462.191 billion, and Augmentation of N150.000 billion.
The director added that a total revenue of N2.258 trillion was available in September.
According to him, the total deduction for the cost of collection was N80.993 billion while the total transfers, interventions, and refunds was N878.946 billion.
The communiqué read: “Gross statutory revenue of N1.043 trillion was received for September 2024. This was lower than the sum of N1.221 trillion received in August 2024 by N177.426 billion.
“Gross revenue of N583.675 billion was available from the Value Added Tax (VAT) in September 2024. This was higher than the N573.341 billion available in August 2024 by N10.334 billion.
“From the N1.298 trillion total distributable revenue, the Federal Government received the total sum of N424.867 billion and the State Governments received the total sum of N453.724 billion. The Local Government Councils received the total sum of N329.864 billion and a total sum of N90.415 billion (13% of mineral revenue) was shared to the benefiting States as derivation revenue.
“On the N124.716 billion distributable statutory revenue, the communiqué stated that the Federal Government received N43.037 billion and the State Governments received N21.829 billion. The Local Government Councils received N16.829 billion and the sum of N43.021 billion (13% of mineral revenue) was shared with the benefiting States as derivation revenue.
“From the N543.518 billion distributable Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue, the Federal Government received N81.528 billion, the State Governments received N271.759 billion and the Local Government Councils received N190.231 billion.
“A total sum of N2.767 billion was received by the Federal Government from the N18.445 billion Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL). The State Governments received N9.222 billion and the Local Government Councils received N6.456 billion.
“From the N462.191 billion Exchange Difference revenue, the communiqué stated that the Federal Government received N218.515 billion and the State Governments received N110.834 billion. The Local Government Councils received N85.448 billion, while the sum of N47.394 billion (13% of mineral revenue) was shared with the benefiting States as derivation revenue.
“The Federal Government received N79.020 billion, the State Governments received N40.080 billion and the Local Government Council received N30.900 billion from the N150.000 billion Augmentation.”
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