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Atotal revenue of N2.068 trillion was collected in the month of January 2024 into the Federation Account.
Deductions for cost of collection was N78.412 billion with total transfers, interventions and refunds N639.926 billion and savings N200.000 billion.
As a result of the deductions from the total revenue, the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) shared N1.149 trillion from the January 2024 Federation Account Revenue to the Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils.
This means the federal government saved N919 billion in the special account created after the end of fuel subsidy was announced by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in May, 2023.
The balance in the Excess Crude Account (ECA) still stands at $473,754.57.
Director Press and Public Relations in the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) Bawa Mokwa in a statement on Thursday in Abuja informed “the revenue was shared at the February 2024 meeting of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) chaired by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun”.
Mokwa, quoting a communique by FAAC said: “The N1.149 trillion total distributable revenue comprised distributable statutory revenue of N463.079 billion, distributable Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of N391.787 billion, Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL) revenue of N15.922 billion and Exchange Difference revenue of N279.028 billion.
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