The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has allocated N903.480 billion in Federation Account Revenue for September 2023 to the Federal Government, states, and Local Government Councils (LGCs).
This is stated in a statement published by the FAAC on Tuesday at the conclusion of its October meeting in Abuja.
According to the communique, the N903.480 billion total distributable revenue included distributable statutory revenue of N423.012 billion, VAT revenue of N282.666 billion, EMTL revenue of N10.989 billion, and Exchange Difference revenue of N186.813 billion.
It indicated that a total revenue of N1594.763 billion will be accessible in September 2023.
“Total deductions for cost of collection was N54.426 billion, total transfers and refunds was N347.857 billion and savings was N289.000 billion,” the committee’s report said.
It stated that gross statutory revenue of N1014.953 billion was received for September, which was N123.019 billion higher than the N891.934 billion received in August.
It further stated that the overall revenue available from VAT was N303.550 billion, which was N42.177 billion less than the N345.727 billion available in August.
“From the N903.480 billion total distributable revenue, the Federal Government received a total of N320.543 billion, the state governments received N287.071 billion and the LGCs received N210.900 billion.
“A total sum of N84.966 billion (13 per cent of mineral revenue) was shared to the relevant states as derivation revenue.
“From the N423.012 billion distributable statutory revenue, the Federal Government received N190.849 billion, the state governments N96.801 billion and LGCs received N74.629 billion.
“The sum of N60.733 billion (13 per cent of mineral revenue) was shared to the relevant states as derivation revenue,’” it said.
It said that the Federal Government received N42.400 billion, the state governments received N141.333 billion and the LGCs received N98.933 billion from the N282.666 billion VAT revenue.
The communique further said that N10.989 billion EMTL was shared as follows:
The Federal Government received N1.648 billion, the state governments received N5.495 billion and the Local Government Councils received N3.846 billion.
“The Federal Government received N85.647 billion from the N186.813 billion Exchange Difference revenue, the state governments received N43.442 billion, and the LGCs received N33.491 billion.
“The sum of N24.233 billion (13 per cent of mineral revenue) went to the relevant states as derivation revenue.
“The balance in the Excess Crude Account (ECA) was 473,754.57 dollars,” it said.