The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has disbursed N2.225 trillion as federation revenue for August 2025 — the highest ever allocation to the three tiers of government and other statutory recipients.
This marks the second consecutive month that FAAC disbursements have crossed the N2 trillion mark.
The revenue, shared at the August 2025 FAAC meeting in Abuja, was buoyed by increases in Oil and Gas Royalty, Value Added Tax (VAT), and Common External Tariff (CET) levies, according to a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting.
Out of the N2.225 trillion total distributable revenue, FAAC said N1,478.593 trillion came from statutory revenue, N672.903 billion from VAT, N32.338 billion from the Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL), and N41.284 billion from Exchange Difference.
The communiqué revealed that gross federation revenue for the month stood at N3.635 trillion. From this amount, N124.839 billion was deducted as cost of collection, while N1,285.845 trillion was set aside for transfers, interventions, refunds, and savings.
From the statutory revenue of N1.478 trillion, the Federal Government received N684.462 billion, State Governments received N347.168 billion, and Local Government Councils received N267.652 billion. A further N179.311 billion (13 percent of mineral revenue) went to oil-producing states as derivation revenue.
From the distributable VAT revenue of N672.903 billion, the Federal Government received N100.935 billion, the States received N336.452 billion, while the Local Governments got N235.516 billion.
Of the N32.338 billion shared from EMTL, the Federal Government received N4.851 billion, the States received N16.169 billion, and the Local Governments received N11.318 billion.
From the N41.284 billion Exchange Difference, the Federal Government received N19.799 billion, the States received N10.042 billion, the Local Governments received N7.742 billion, while N3.701 billion (13 percent of mineral revenue) was shared to the oil-producing states as derivation.
While total allocation in August set a new record, FAAC disclosed that gross statutory revenue fell to N2.838 trillion, compared to N3.070 trillion in July — a drop of N231.913 billion.
The communiqué explained that Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT), Companies Income Tax (CIT), Import Duty, Excise Duty, and EMTL recorded decreases during the month, even as VAT, Oil and Gas Royalty, and CET levies boosted overall revenue.
(The Nation)
