The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) said the three tiers of government shared N1.298 trillion for the month of September 2024
The revenue distribution was announced in a communiqué issued at the October 2024 meeting of the FAAC held in Abuja.
It said N1.298 trillion 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 communiqué stated that a total revenue of N2.258 trillion was available during the month in review.
Total deduction for cost of collection was N80.993 billion while total transfers, interventions and refunds amounted to N878.946 billion.
According to the communiqué, gross statutory revenue of N1.043 trillion was received for the month of September 2024.
The figure was lower than the sum of N1.221 trillion received in the month of August 2024 by N177.426 billion.
The spokesman in the office of the accountant general of the federation, Mr Bawa Mokwa, said the gross revenue of N583.675 billion was available from VAT in September 2024.
This was higher than the N573.341 billion available in the month of August 2024 by N10.334 billion.
According to him, the communiqué stated that from the N1.298 trillion total distributable revenue the federal government received total sum of N424.867 billion and the state governments received total sum of N453.724 billion.
The local government councils received 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 to the benefiting States as derivation revenue.
From the N543.518 billion distributable VAT revenue, the federal government, state and local governments received N81.528 billion, N271.759 billion N190.231 billion respectively.
A total sum of N2.767 billion was received by the federal government from the N18.445 billion electronic money transfer levy (EMTL) while the state and the local governments got N9.222 billion and N6.456 billion respectively.
From the N462.191 billion exchange difference revenue, the communique 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 to the benefiting States as derivation revenue.
The federal government received N79.020 billion, the state governments received N40.080 billion and the local government councils received N30.900 billion from the N150.000 billion augmentation.
In September 2024, oil and gas royalty, excise duty, electronic money transfer levy (EMTL) and CET levies increased considerably while VAT and import duty increased marginally. Petroleum profit tax (PPT), company income tax (CIT) and others recorded significant decrease.
