Hope rises for workers to Celebrate 2021 Christmas in big ways -As FAAC shares N675.946b to FG, States, LGs

 By Austin Genesis

There is a strong indication that workers in Nigeria federation would celebrate this year’s Christmas in very big ways.

NLC President,Ayuba Wabba

 

Checks revealed that this was not unconnected with the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) prompt release of allocations to the Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils of the country.

Sources close to Global Overseer revealed that many states in the federation had before the release of the FAAC fund had released packages to enable workers have enough money celebrate the Birth of Jesus Christ, called Christmas.

These packages according to our reliable sources include state governments desire to give each worker a bag of rice and thousands of Naira attached to it, adding to clearing all arrears of promotions owed civil servants and weigh-in owing media workers.

The gesture according to our source was to enable government address the pressing needs of workers and make use of the 2022 budget more on infrastructural development.

It would be recalled that the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N675.946 billion November 2021 Federation Account Revenue to the Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils. 

A communiqué issued at the end of a virtual meeting of FAAC for December 2021 stated that N675.946 billion total distributable revenue comprised distributable statutory revenue of N488.674 billion; distributable Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of N182.678 billion, Exchange Gain of N4.156 billion and Excess Bank Charges Recovered of N0.438 billion.

FAAC stated that in November 2021, the total deductions for cost of collection was N30.957 billion and the total deductions for statutory transfers, refunds and savings was N136.908 billion.

The balance in the Excess Crude Account (ECA) was $35.365 million, it stated.

 The communiqué explained that from the total distributable revenue of N675.946 billion, the Federal Government received N261.441billion, the State Governments received N210. 046 billion and the Local Government Councils received N155.456 billion.

The sum of N49.003 billion was shared to the relevant states as 13% derivation revenue.

 The distributable statutory revenue of N488.674billion was available for the month. From this, the Federal Government received N231.863 billion, the State Governments received N117.604 billion and the Local Government Councils received N90.668 billion. The sum of N48.540 billion was shared to the relevant States as 13% derivation revenue. 

The Committee said in the month of November 2021, the gross revenue available from the Value Added Tax (VAT) was N196.175 billion. This was higher than the N166.284 billion available in the month of October 2021 by N29.891billion.

The sum of N5.650 billion allocations to NEDC and N7.847 billion cost of collection were deducted from the N196.175 billion gross Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue, resulting in the distributable Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of N182.678billion.

From the N182.678 billion distributable Value Added Tax revenue, the Federal Government received N27.402 billion, the State Governments received N91.339 billion and the Local Government Councils received N63.937 billion.

According to the statement, the Federal Government received N1.946 billion from the total Exchange Gain revenue of N4.156 billion. The State Governments received N0.986 billion, the Local Government Councils received N0.761 billion and N0.463 billion was shared to the relevant States as 13% derivation revenue. 

The Federal Government received N0.231billion, the state governments received N0.117billion and the Local Government Councils received N0.090 billion from the N0.438 billion Excess Bank Charges Recovered.

According to the Communiqué, in the month of November 2021, Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT), Oil and Gas Royalties, Companies Income Tax (CIT) and Value Added Tax (VAT), increased remarkably. Also, Import and Excise Duty increased marginally.