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FAAC: FG, States, LGAs To Share N725.571bn For Month Of March

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3 years ago

April 27, 2022

The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), has settled for a sharing formula of N725.571 billion among the three tiers of government, for the month of March 2022.

A statement by Phil Abiawute-Mowete, Director of Information/Press, in the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, said from the amount, inclusive of Gross Statutory Revenue and Value Added Tax (VAT), the Federal Government received N277. 104 billion, the States received N227.201 billion; the Local Government Councils got N167.910 billion, while the Oil producing states received N53.356 billion as derivation (13% of Mineral Revenue).

The communiqué issued by the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) at the end of the meeting which was held virtually, indicated that the Gross Revenue available from the Value Added Tax (VAT) for March 2022 was N204.402 billion.

The distribution is as follows; Federal Government got N30.660 billion, the States received N102.201 billion, Local Government Councils got N71.541 billion.

Gross Statutory Revenue of N521.169 billion was distributed according to the communique, from which the Federal Government was allocated the sum of N246.444 billion, States got N125.000 billion, LGCs got N96.369 billion, Derivation (13% Mineral Revenue) got N53.356 billion.

It, however, added that add-backs of VAT for the month for the cost of collection is N8.780 billion, while that of Transfers, Refunds and Savings is N6.322 billion.

The add-backs of Statutory Revenue distributed to the Cost of Collection is N35.631 billion and to Transfers/Refunds/Savings is N376.504 billion.

The communiqué also revealed that Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT), Oil and Gas Royalties, Import and Excise Duties, Companies Income Tax (CIT) and Value Added Tax (VAT) all recorded tremendous increases.

It was further disclosed that the total revenue distributable for the current month was drawn from Statutory Revenue of N521.169 billion and Value Added Tax (VAT) of N204.402 billion, bringing the total distributable for the month to N725.571 billion.

The balance in the Excess Crude Account as of 27th April 2022 stands at $35.372 million.

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NNPCL Increases Fuel Price

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2 days ago

August 5, 2025

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, has increased the pump price of premium motor spirit across its retail outlets.

It was gathered that NNPCL retail outlets in Abuja have adjusted their fuel pump price to N955 per litre from N890.

This is the case in NNPCL retail outlets along Kubwa Expressway, Wuse and other parts of Abuja.

Similarly, the pump price hike has been implemented at filling stations in Kogi and Nasarawa.

This means that the petrol pump price was increased by N65.

This comes after independent petroleum product marketers and filling station owners in Abuja increased petrol pump prices to between N950 and N971 per litre at the weekend. Their decision followed an upward review of the ex-depot petrol price by Dangote Refinery to N858 per litre, up from N820.

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Naira Appreciates Against Dollar As External Reserves Swell

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2 days ago

August 5, 2025

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The naira appreciated against the dollar at the official foreign exchange market on Monday to begin the week on a bullish note amid swelling external reserves.

According to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s exchange data, the naira appreciated to N1,531.95 against the dollar on Monday from N1,533.74 traded last week Friday.

This showed that the Naira strengthened by N1.79 when compared to the N1,533.74 exchanged at the close of work last week.

Meanwhile, at the black market, the naira remained stable at N1560 per litre, the same exchange rate traded on Friday.

The development comes as Nigeria’s external reserves had maintained a modest rise to $39.54 billion as of August 1st, 2025, up from $39.36 billion on July 30th.

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Naira Continues To Appreciate Against Dollar On Official Market

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6 days ago

August 1, 2025

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The naira continued its appreciation against the dollar at the foreign exchange market on Tuesday.

Accordingly, the naira strengthened further to N1,533.18 against the dollar on Tuesday, from N1,534.21 traded the previous day.

This represents a gain of N1.03 against the dollar on a day-to-day basis and marks the second consecutive day of appreciation at the official FX market.

Meanwhile, on the black market, the naira depreciated further to N1,545 per dollar on Tuesday from N1,537 traded on Monday.

Recall that the naira had similarly closed Monday’s trading session with mixed sentiments, recording gains at the official market but depreciating at the parallel market.