FAAC Reflates Economy With N640.3bn
The three-component units of the Nigerian government are now in good stead to meet their obligations for February following the injection of a total sum of N640.310 billion by the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) to make the economy more liquid.
Besides the three components of government that got from the allocation for the month of January 2021, other beneficiaries include the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), the Department for Petroleum Resources (DPR) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
Of the total amount, the federal government received N226.998 billion, the States received N177.171 billion, the Local Government councils got N131.399 billion while the oil-producing states received N26.777 billion as derivation (13 per cent of Mineral Revenue) and Cost of Collection/Transfer and Refunds got N75.966 billion.
Part of the allocated amount cane from Value Added Tax (VAT) of N157.351 billion as against N171.358 billion distributed in the preceding month of December 2020, resulting in a decrease of N14..007 billion. The distribution is as follows; Federal Government got N21.950 billion, the States received N73.168 billion, Local Government Councils got N51.218 billion, while Cost of Collection – FIRS and NCS got N11.015 billion.
The distributed Statutory Revenue of N482.958 billion received for the month was higher than the N437.256 billion received for the previous month by N45.703 billion, from which the Federal government received N205.047 billion, the 36 States and the FCT got N104.003 billion, LGCs got N80.162 billion, Derivation (13 per cent Mineral Revenue) got N28.777 billion and Cost of Collection/ Transfer and Refund got N64.951 billion.
The communique also revealed that Companies Income Tax (CIT), and Oil and Gas Royalty, Value Added Tax (VAT), and Excise Duty recorded marginal to significant decreases, while Import Duty increased only marginally and Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT) recorded a considerable increase.
The balance in the Excess Crude Account as at 18th February 2021 stands at $72.412 million.
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