The FG, States and LGCs share N760.717 billion for
the month of July, 2021.
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), on Friday at its meeting through Virtual Conference shared to the three tiers of government, a total sum of N760.717 billion as federation allocation for the month of July, 2021.
From this amount, inclusive of Value Added Tax (VAT) and Exchange Gain, the Federal Government received N325.988 billion, the States received N224.929 billion, the Local Government councils got N168.424 billion while the oil producing states received N41.376 billion as derivation (13% of Mineral Revenue).
The communique issued by the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) at the end of the meeting, indicated that the Gross Revenue available from the Value Added Tax (VAT) for July, 2021 was N151.134 billion as against N154.465 billion distributed in the preceding month of June, 2021, resulting in a decrease of N3.331 billion. The distribution is as follows; Federal Government got N21.083 billion, the States received N70.278 billion, Local Government Councils got N49.194 billion, Alloc. To NEDC received N4.534 and Cost of collection/transfers/ refunds got N6.045 billion.
The distributed Statutory Revenue of N601.095 billion received for the month was lower than the N812.409 billion received for the previous month by N211.314 billion, from which the Federal government received N303.765 billon, States got N154.074 billion, LGCs got N6118.785 billion, and Derivation (13% Mineral Revenue) got N41.081 billion.
The communique also revealed that Companies Income Tax (CIT), Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT), and Oil and Gas Royalties recorded significant decreases, while Import and Excise Duty, and Value Added Tax (VAT) decreased marginally.
The communique however disclosed that total revenue distributable for the current month inclusive of Gross Statutory Revenue of N617.705 billion, Value Added Tax (VAT) of N140.555 billion, and Exchange Gain of N2.457 billion, bringing the total distributable revenue to N760.717 billion.
This disclosure was contained in a statement signed by the Deputy Director in charge of Information in the Ministry of Finance and National Planning, Mr. Oshundun Olajide, on Friday August 20, 2021.