FAAC: FG, states, LGs share N651.18bn in June

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The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N651.18 billion among the federal, states and local governments respectively for the month of June.

A statement issued on Sunday by Mr Henshaw Ogubike, Director, Information, Press and Public Relations of FAAC in Abuja made this disclosure.

Ogubike said the monthly meeting which took place virtually, was chaired by Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris.

He explained that the gross statutory revenue available in June was N524.52 billion, while the gross revenue from the Value Added Tax (VAT) was N128.826 billion and the revenue from the Exchange Gain was N42.832 billion. This brought the total revenue for the month to N696.18 billion.

The spokesperson further said that from this total, the sum of N45 billion was saved in the excess non-oil revenue account and the balance of N651.184 billion was shared to the three tiers of government and relevant agencies.

Giving the breakdown, he said the federal government received N266.13 billion, the state governments got N185.77 billion and the local government councils received N138.97 billion.

According to him, the oil-producing states received N28.49 billion as 13 per cent derivation revenue while N76.80 billion was given to revenue and relevant agencies.

He said in June, import and excise duty, VAT, companies income tax, oil and gas royalty recorded significant increases while petroleum profit tax declined.

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