The global effects of the Coronavirus pandemic is beginning to have its toll on Nigeria as it recorded decreases in Gross statutory revenue by N59.195 billion and Value Added Tax by N5.206 billion for the month February, 2020 compared to January revenues.
The gross statutory revenue for the month of February 2020 was N466.058 billion which was lower than the N525.253 billion received in January 2020 by N59.195 billion.
Also, for the month of February 2020, the gross revenue available from the Value Added Tax (VAT) was N99.552 billion as against N104.758 billion in the previous month, resulting in a decrease of N5.206 billion.
These were statistics of revenue released at the end of the reconvened
Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting on Monday in Abuja
FAAC however shared a total of N581.566 billion February 2020 Federation Account Revenue to the Federal, States and Local Governments in the country.
The N581.566 billion comprised Statutory Revenue, Value Added Tax (VAT), Exchange Gain, and revenue from Forex Equalization Account. It was announced that the balance in the Excess Crude Account (ECA) was $ 72.221 million.
Exchange Gain yielded a total revenue of N0.757 billion, and revenue from Forex Equalization Account was N15.199 billion.
A communique issued by the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) indicated that from the total revenue of N581.566 billion, the Federal Government received N236.118 billion, the State Governments received N159.010 billion, and the Local Government Councils received N119.305 billion.
The Oil Producing States received N45.310 billion as 13% derivation revenue and the Revenue Generating Agencies received N21.822 billion as cost of revenue collection.
A breakdown of the distribution showed that from the gross statutory revenue of N466.058 billion, the Federal Government received N214.915 billion, the State Governments received N109.008 billion and the Local Government Councils received N84.040 billion.
The Oil Producing States received N43.242 billion as 13% derivation revenue and the Revenue Generating Agencies received N14.853 billion as cost of collection.
From the Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of N99.552 billion, the Federal Government received N13.888 billion, the State Governments received N46.292 billion, the Local Government Councils received N32.404 billion and the Revenue Generating Agencies received N6.969 billion as cost of revenue collection.
The Exchange Gain revenue was N0.757 billion and the Federal Government received N0.350 billion, the State Governments received N0.178 billion, the Local Government Councils received N 0.137 billion and the Oil Producing States received N0.092 billion.
The Forex Equalization Account revenue was N15.199 billion. The Federal Government received N6.966 billion, the State Governments received N3.533 billion, the Local Government Councils received N2.724 billion and the Oil Producing States received N1.976 billion.
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