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Economic Confidential, September 2008

FEDERATION ACCOUNT: Double Allocations in August 2008

 

From documents obtained by Nigeria’s economic journal, the Economic Confidential,  two allocations were made comprising statutory allocations, VAT Disbursement and Augumentation from the Excess Crude Account as net after deductions at the monthly meeting of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) in Abuja in August 2008 .

 

The first computed table (below) shows that the disbursements were made to federal government, states (with their Local Government Councils) and two revenue generating agencies (Nigerian Customs Service and Federal Inland Revenue Service).

 

From the disbursement in July 2008, the highest recipients are mostly oil producing states of Rivers which receives N17.6bn, Akwa Ibom N12.bn, Delta N9.bn,  Bayelsa N8bn and Ondo N5.9bn. In the second allocation from the augmentation in the next table Rivers receives N4.7bn, Akwa Ibom N3.3bn, Delta N2.3bn, Bayelsa N2.1bn and Ondo N1.3bn.

 

The highest recipients from non-oil –producing states are Lagos N9bn, Kano N8.1bn, Katsina N5.8bn and Oyo N5.5bn. In the next table from the augmentation Lagos, Kano, Katsina and Oyo State each receives an amount in the region of N1 billion.

 

The lowest recipients with less thanN4bn in the table are Ekiti N3.3bn, Nasarawa N3.2bn, Gombe N3.2bn and Ebonyi N3.1bn. Also in the second allocation for augmentation Ekiti receives N668mn, Nasarawa N656mn, Gombe N658mn and Ebonyi N632mn.

 

The Economic Confidential can also confirm other disbursements in June 2008: Federal N154.6, FCT Councils N939mn. They also have additional from augmentation. FG has N36bn, and FCT local government council N125mn.

 

S/NO

STATES

NO OF L/GOVTS

GROSS STATUTORY REVENUE

NET STATUTORY REVENUE

 VAT SHARED

GROSS STATUTORY REVENUE

NET STATUTORY REVENUE

NET VAT TO L/GOVT

TOTAL PAID (5+6+8+9)

S/NO

 

 

 

=N=

 =N=

 =N=

 =N=

=N=

=N=

=N=

 

1

ABIA

17

2,254,761,825.69

2,240,526,012.49

355,018,953.67

1,250,906,577.27

1,250,906,577.27

211,805,985.53

4,058,257,528.97

1

2

ADAMAWA

21

2,093,646,542.46

2,077,336,062.69

353,087,618.39

1,609,794,985.16

1,609,794,985.16

241,722,627.00

4,281,941,293.23

2

3

AKWA IBOM

31

9,981,859,587.75

9,900,494,342.10

377,690,456.51

2,122,995,753.98

2,122,995,753.98

333,961,968.93

12,735,142,521.53

3

4

ANAMBRA

21

2,114,744,675.84

2,066,848,668.34

389,502,012.53

1,595,792,754.14

1,595,792,754.14

266,955,038.37

4,319,098,473.38

4

5

BAUCHI

20

2,452,727,381.57

2,319,008,247.13

429,674,998.15

1,845,637,074.04

1,845,637,074.04

285,159,724.09

4,879,480,043.41

5

6

BAYELSA

8

6,950,090,477.86

6,944,895,828.79

332,914,069.65

679,037,416.24

679,037,416.24

127,332,421.95

8,084,179,736.63

6

7

BENUE

23

2,260,830,341.78

2,191,252,992.66

404,187,496.11

1,876,638,244.58

1,876,638,244.58

290,912,425.36

4,762,991,158.71

7

8

BORNO

27

2,494,515,487.55

2,486,125,122.71

384,601,017.30

2,156,772,597.86

2,156,772,597.86

308,887,290.80

5,336,386,028.66

8

9

CROSS RIVER

18

2,654,208,254.72

2,296,579,666.49

351,512,546.44

1,340,284,457.06

1,340,284,457.06

217,371,594.28

4,205,748,264.27

9

10

DELTA

25

6,848,011,180.27

6,795,132,670.80

426,921,449.18

1,771,505,529.47

1,771,505,529.47

319,199,550.72

9,312,759,200.18

10

11

EBONYI

13

1,735,714,175.19

1,715,510,267.70

326,803,381.02

954,861,605.00

954,861,605.00

162,674,115.67

3,159,849,369.39

11

12

EDO

18

2,055,904,309.64

2,006,594,080.49

369,919,049.62

1,341,476,801.55

1,341,476,801.55

229,528,181.19

3,947,518,112.85

12

13

EKITI

16

1,750,828,917.59

1,738,276,597.16

326,574,046.48

1,091,227,287.67

1,091,227,287.67

185,715,494.14

3,341,793,425.46

13

14

ENUGU

17

1,975,355,372.32

1,950,700,415.11

386,531,709.86

1,292,896,929.92

1,292,896,929.92

232,159,776.98

3,862,288,831.88

14

15

GOMBE

11

1,856,911,703.49

1,838,748,259.62

318,773,336.49

943,425,974.09

943,425,974.09

143,433,773.06

3,244,381,343.26

15

16

IMO

27

2,647,638,436.32

2,641,442,295.33

387,913,164.25

1,872,020,000.69

1,872,020,000.69

310,175,481.25

5,211,550,941.52

16

17

JIGAWA

27

2,316,455,118.49

2,296,887,629.85

390,255,840.86

1,964,035,818.89

1,964,035,818.89

312,936,203.55

4,964,115,493.15

17

18

KADUNA

23

2,640,090,117.23

2,568,329,652.41

466,226,258.26

2,106,558,173.79

2,106,558,173.79

334,291,870.09

5,475,405,954.56

18

19

KANO

44

3,308,853,160.59

3,251,463,521.01

730,642,842.36

3,457,156,155.29

3,457,156,155.29

661,752,549.71

8,101,015,068.37

19

20

KATSINA

34

2,516,372,931.65

2,476,108,190.12

457,283,035.24

2,527,550,681.97

2,527,550,681.97

410,483,259.79

5,871,425,167.12

20

21

KEBBI

21

2,104,798,764.68

1,960,012,798.81

357,570,294.20

1,570,048,540.97

1,570,048,540.97

244,651,602.00

4,132,283,235.97

21

22

KOGI

21

2,099,545,367.34

2,065,917,124.38

365,932,182.18

1,627,303,865.35

1,627,303,865.35

249,815,976.82

4,308,969,148.72

22

23

KWARA

16

1,913,249,687.11

1,876,414,004.98

350,178,503.11

1,249,728,073.49

1,249,728,073.49

199,883,776.75

3,676,204,358.33

23

24

LAGOS

20

2,988,959,780.07

2,267,809,398.51

2,895,895,089.02

2,099,980,499.17

2,099,980,499.17

1,784,204,807.29

9,047,889,793.99

24

25

NASSARAWA

13

1,792,618,731.06

1,765,717,893.33

311,093,441.28

1,000,050,524.67

1,000,050,524.67

152,203,465.26

3,229,065,324.53

25

26

NIGER

25

2,448,335,884.97

2,349,630,890.66

387,036,204.11

2,026,561,487.16

2,026,561,487.16

294,703,084.28

5,057,931,666.20

26

27

OGUN

20

2,046,224,926.28

2,000,471,195.45

393,455,458.45

1,499,615,544.29

1,499,615,544.29

260,356,506.65

4,153,898,704.84

27

28

ONDO

18

3,937,365,612.35

3,919,789,609.10

384,863,662.13

1,384,223,505.08

1,384,223,505.08

239,252,389.98

5,928,129,166.28

28

29

OSUN

30

1,940,736,669.47

1,912,457,649.24

362,691,837.65

1,886,447,753.50

1,886,447,753.50

315,813,825.98

4,477,411,066.37

29

30

OYO

33

2,445,093,831.43

2,268,285,495.86

477,244,390.75

2,412,269,916.75

2,412,269,916.75

414,347,830.30

5,572,147,633.67

30

31

PLATEAU

17

2,053,389,576.97

1,973,402,077.69

357,047,151.57

1,380,815,099.88

1,380,815,099.88

214,152,067.02

3,925,416,396.15

31

32

RIVERS

23

14,864,957,479.28

14,850,549,174.98

583,398,027.24

1,808,112,335.07

1,808,112,335.07

401,959,620.78

17,644,019,158.08

32

33

SOKOTO

23

2,182,919,265.78

2,167,129,430.16

365,617,928.20

1,733,256,986.82

1,733,256,986.82

265,987,147.31

4,531,991,492.48

33

34

TARABA

16

2,067,651,240.71

2,052,252,278.69

323,951,862.43

1,379,703,611.39

1,379,703,611.39

183,864,371.76

3,939,772,124.27

34

35

YOBE

17

2,052,077,592.94

1,852,758,039.89

316,462,030.87

1,337,976,158.20

1,337,976,158.20

186,920,424.40

3,694,116,653.35

35

36

ZAMFARA

14

2,058,316,583.50

1,985,104,091.15

381,180,762.82

1,256,121,210.65

1,256,121,210.65

206,454,768.04

3,828,860,832.66

36

37

FCT-ABUJA

6

0.00

0.00

0.00

534,553,681.78

534,553,681.78

404,725,478.78

939,279,160.57

37

38

 STATE'S-TOTAL

774

111,905,760,991.95

109,069,961,675.89

           16,579,652,108.37

      59,987,343,612.88

     59,987,343,612.88

      11,605,756,475.86

       197,242,713,872.99

38

39

FGN

 

153,404,527,258.56

149,711,486,986.47

4,973,895,632.51

0.00

0.00

0.00

154,685,382,618.98

39

 


 

FEDERATION ACCOUNT: SECOND ALLOCATION IN AUGUST TO AUGMENT BUDGET 2008

From documents obtained by Nigeria’s economic journal, the Economic Confidential,  the second allocation at the Federation Account Allocation Committee meeting in August 2008 to augment Budget differences, shows that Rivers receives N4.7bn, Akwa Ibom N3.3bn, Delta N2.3bn, Bayelsa N2.1bn and Ondo N1.3bn. These are ol producing states.

 

The highest recipient from non-oil producing states from the augmentation are Lagos, Kano, Katsina and Oyo State which receives an amount in the region of N1 billion each, while the lowest recipients are Ekiti which receives N668mn, Nasarawa N656mn, Gombe N658mn and Ebonyi N632mn.

 

The Economic Confidential can also confirm that others in the additional distribution are FG N36bn  and FCT local government council N125mn.

 

Distribution to augment August 2008 budget difference

S/NO

STATES

FED. & STATES ALLOCATION

NET MINERAL REVENUE

TOTAL      (3+4)

          STATE NET

LG NET ALLOCATION

TOTAL

S/NO

1

 ABIA

             441,014,120.45

        113,842,863.14

          554,856,983.60

554,856,983.60

294,159,030.39

          849,016,013.99

1

2

 ADAMAWA

             492,334,957.78

                                -  

          492,334,957.78

492,334,957.78

378,554,034.78

          870,888,992.56

2

3

 AKWA IBOM

             498,074,472.59

     2,359,887,304.84

       2,857,961,777.43

2,857,961,777.43

499,236,620.75

       3,357,198,398.18

3

4

 ANAMBRA

             497,296,324.66

                                -  

          497,296,324.66

497,296,324.66

375,261,316.70

          872,557,641.36

4

5

 BAUCHI

             576,775,213.66

                                -  

          576,775,213.66

576,775,213.66

434,013,876.03

       1,010,789,089.69

5

6

 BAYELSA

             394,976,182.31

     1,581,637,852.33

       1,976,614,034.64

1,976,614,034.64

159,680,180.43

       2,136,294,215.07

6

7

 BENUE

             531,649,344.00

                                -  

          531,649,344.00

531,649,344.00

441,304,008.19

          972,953,352.19

7

8

 BORNO

             586,601,965.68

                                -  

          586,601,965.68

586,601,965.68

507,179,471.02

       1,093,781,436.70

8

9

 CROSS RIVER

             462,177,968.11

        206,706,452.66

          668,884,420.77

668,884,420.77

315,176,835.35

          984,061,256.12

9

10

 DELTA

             497,779,140.96

     1,419,812,556.45

       1,917,591,697.41

1,917,591,697.41

416,581,348.56

       2,334,173,045.97

10

11

 EBONYI

             408,164,772.72

                                -  

          408,164,772.72

408,164,772.72

224,542,079.31

          632,706,852.03

11

12

 EDO

             464,590,760.71

24,079,463.93

          488,670,224.64

488,670,224.64

315,457,223.11

          804,127,447.75

12

13

 EKITI

             411,719,105.28

                                -  

          411,719,105.28

411,719,105.28

256,609,379.72

          668,328,484.99

13

14

 ENUGU

             464,517,999.63

                                -  

          464,517,999.63

464,517,999.63

304,033,342.07

          768,551,341.70

14

15

 GOMBE

             436,665,180.39

                                -  

          436,665,180.39

436,665,180.39

221,852,914.38

          658,518,094.77

15

16

 IMO

             495,925,776.64

        161,667,673.24

          657,593,449.87

657,593,449.87

440,217,997.31

       1,097,811,447.19

16

17

 JIGAWA

             544,729,881.50

                                -  

          544,729,881.50

544,729,881.50

461,856,131.09

       1,006,586,012.59

17

18

 KADUNA

             620,834,811.44

                                -  

          620,834,811.44

620,834,811.44

495,371,214.06

       1,116,206,025.50

18

19

 KANO

             778,098,904.51

                                -  

          778,098,904.51

778,098,904.51

812,973,343.51

       1,591,072,248.03

19

20

 KATSINA

             591,741,889.54

                                -  

          591,741,889.54

591,741,889.54

594,370,412.13

       1,186,112,301.67

20

21

 KEBBI

             494,957,477.27

                                -  

          494,957,477.27

494,957,477.27

369,207,393.16

          864,164,870.43

21

22

 KOGI

             493,722,105.82

                                -  

          493,722,105.82

493,722,105.82

382,671,364.82

          876,393,470.64

22

23

 KWARA

             449,913,433.25

                                -  

          449,913,433.25

449,913,433.25

293,881,897.36

          743,795,330.61

23

24

 LAGOS

             702,873,841.07

                                -  

          702,873,841.07

702,873,841.07

493,824,429.98

       1,196,698,271.04

24

25

 NASSARAWA

             421,546,258.83

                                -  

          421,546,258.83

421,546,258.83

235,168,555.37

          656,714,814.19

25

26

 NIGER

             575,742,523.92

                                -  

          575,742,523.92

575,742,523.92

476,559,459.29

       1,052,301,983.22

26

27

 OGUN

             481,183,448.24

                                -  

          481,183,448.24

481,183,448.24

352,644,603.91

          833,828,052.15

27

28

 ONDO

             461,460,886.33

        592,690,415.96

       1,054,151,302.29

1,054,151,302.29

325,509,395.74

       1,379,660,698.03

28

29

 OSUN

             456,377,180.60

                                -  

          456,377,180.60

456,377,180.60

443,610,779.68

          899,987,960.29

29

30

 OYO

             574,980,133.40

                                -  

          574,980,133.40

574,980,133.40

567,261,370.79

       1,142,241,504.19

30

31

 PLATEAU

             482,868,263.67

                                -  

          482,868,263.67

482,868,263.67

324,707,886.51

          807,576,150.18

31

32

 RIVERS

             539,833,835.07

     3,771,988,485.23

       4,311,822,320.30

4,311,822,320.30

425,189,683.21

       4,737,012,003.52

32

33

 SOKOTO

             513,328,034.49

                                -  

          513,328,034.49

513,328,034.49

407,586,948.48

          920,914,982.97

33

34

 TARABA

             486,221,989.08

                                -  

          486,221,989.08

486,221,989.08

324,446,512.57

          810,668,501.65

34

35

 YOBE

             482,559,741.86

                                -  

          482,559,741.86

482,559,741.86

314,634,023.46

          797,193,765.33

35

36

 ZAMFARA

             484,026,882.14

                                -  

          484,026,882.14

484,026,882.14

295,385,286.23

          779,412,168.37

36

37

 FCT-ABUJA

                                      -  

                                -  

                                   -  

0.00

125,703,865.97

          125,703,865.97

37

38

 SUB TOTAL

        18,297,264,807.60

  10,232,313,067.78

     28,529,577,875.38

     28,529,577,875.38

14,106,424,215.44

     42,636,002,090.82

38

39

 FGN

        36,074,098,430.55

0.00

     36,074,098,430.55

36,074,098,430.55

0.00

     36,074,098,430.55

39

 

 GRAND TOTAL

        54,371,363,238.15

  10,232,313,067.78

     64,603,676,305.93

64,603,676,305.93

14,106,424,215.44

     78,710,100,521.37

 

The tables courtesy of the Economic Confidential

   

SPECIAL FOCUS

List of Major Debtors in Nigeria

 

List of Bad Debtors in Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN)

 

NEMA@10: The Story So Far

 

Questions and Answers on the Examinations of the 14 Banks by CBN

 

FEATURES

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Churches and Mosques Should Pay taxes - Mcdonald Koiki

 

Deregulating Robbery in Nigeria By Kola Ibrahim

 

Understanding Monetary Policy By Abubakar Jimoh

 

The Making of Ideal Economic Policies By: Salim Salihu Muhammed

 

The Putrid Mess Also in CBN By Les Leba

 

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District 9 and the Can of Wild Paradox by Segun Imohiosen

 

Nigeria: Time to Check to the Drift By Dansulieman Mohammed

 

Golden Casket: Between Gani Fawehinmi and Wacko Jacko- By Yushau A. Shuaib

 

NIGERIA@49: Tracing the Economic Intervention- By Abubakar Jimoh

 

NASENI: Striving to end Nigeria’s reliance on foreign good – By Umar Kari

 

Macroeconomic Framework for an Independent Economic Recovery- Salihu Muhammad

 

When Sony Undermines Campaigns of Akunyili and Aoandoka- By McDonald koiki

 

Archetypal Resurgence: The Lamido Sanusi Revolution- By Segun Imohiose

 

Banks and Money Laundering- By Les Leba

 

Oronsaye’s Civil Service reform- By hussaini Sani kagara

 

New Policy in the Civil Service: Hypocrisy at Work? –By Tope Ajakaiye

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*FIRS Generates Taxpayers Numbers for Bank Customers

*Historical Milestone as Online Tax Payment Begins

*FIRS Seals Two Oil Companies Over $610m Tax Arrears

*Firms Owed Govt N260b in Taxes

*Tax Identification Number to Reduce Tax Evasion- FIRS Boss

*Revenue Agencies to Make Full Disclosure- Finance Minister

*FIRS Delists 2 Banks over Non-Remittance of Tax