The three tiers of government, Federal Government, States, and Local Government Councils have shared not less than ₦1.703 trillion as the January 2025 federation account revenue.
This was revealed in statement issued by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Bawa Mokwa and obtained by Maritime Bits.
Mokwa explained that the revenue was shared at the February Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting which took place on Thursday in Abuja.
According to a communiqué issued at the end of the FAAC meeting, the ₦1.703 trillion total revenue comprises statutory revenue of ₦749.727 billion and Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of ₦718.781 billion.
It also stated that a total gross revenue of N2.641 trillion was available in the month of January 2025. The total deduction for cost of collection was N107.786 billion while total transfers, interventions, refunds and savings was N830.663 billion.
In the same vein, it said gross statutory revenue of N1.848 trillion was received for the month of January 2025. This was higher than the sum of N1.226 trillion received in the month of December 2024 by N622.125 billion.
Gross revenue of N771.886 billion was available from VAT in January 2025. This was higher than the N649.561 billion available in the month of December 2024 by N122.325 billion.
It also stated that from the N1.703 trillion total distributable revenue, the Federal Government received total sum of N552.591 billion and the state governments received total sum of N590.614 billion.
Similarly, Local Government Councils across the country received total sum of N434.567 billion and a total sum of N125.284 billion (13% of mineral revenue) was shared to the benefiting states as derivation revenue.
On the N749.727 billion distributable statutory revenue, the communiqué stated that the Federal Government received N343.612 billion and the State Governments received N174.285 billion.
The Local Government Councils received N134.366 billion and the sum of N97.464 billion (13% of mineral revenue) was shared to the benefiting states as derivation revenue.
From the N718.781 billion distributable VAT revenue, the Federal Government received N107.817 billion, the State Governments received N359.391 billion and the Local Government Councils received N251.573 billion.
A total sum of N3.082 billion was received by the Federal Government from the N20.548 billion Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL). The State Governments received N7.192 billion and the Local Government Councils received N10.274 billion.
From the N214 billion augmentation, the Federal Government received N98.080 billion and the State Governments received N49.747 billion.
According to the communiqué, Local Government Councils received N38.353 billion and a total sum of N27.820 billion (13% of mineral revenue) was shared to the benefiting States as derivation revenue.
In the same vein, in January 2025, VAT, Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT), Companies Income Tax (CIT), Excise Duty, Import Duty and CET Levies increased significantly while Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL) and oil and gas royalty decreased considerably.
