FG, States Share N1.659trn May Revenue, Down By N22bn

A total sum of N1.659 trillion, being May 2025 Federation Account Revenue, has been shared to the federal government, states and the local government areas.

The allocation for May marks a marginal decline of N22 billion over the N1.681 trillion as Federation Account revenue for April 2025.

The revenue was shared at the June  2025 Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting held in Abuja, according to a statement that was issued by the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation on Wednesday.

The N1.659 trillion total distributable revenue comprised distributable statutory revenue of N863.895 billion, distributable Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of N691.714 billion, electronic money transfer levy revenue of N27.667 billion and exchange rate difference revenue of N76.614 billion.

A total gross revenue of N2.942 trillion was available in the month of May 2025.  Total deduction for cost of collection was N111.908 billion while total transfers, interventions and refunds  was N1.171 trillion.

According to the communiqué, gross statutory revenue of N2.094 trillion was received for the month of May 2025. This was higher than the sum of N2.084 trillion received in the month of April 2025 by N10.023 billion.

Gross revenue of N742.820 billion was available from the VAT in May 2025.  This was higher than the N642.265 billion available in the month of April 2025 by N100.555 billion.

The communiqué stated that from the N1.659 trillion total distributable revenue, the federal government received a total sum of N538.004 billion and the state governments received a total sum of N577.841 billion.

The local government councils received N419.968 billion, while the sum of N124.076 billion (13 per cent of mineral revenue) was shared to the benefiting state as derivation revenue.

On the N863.895 billion distributable statutory revenue, the communiqué stated that the federal government received N393.518 billion and the state governments received N199.598 billion.

The LGAs received N153.881 billion and the sum of N116.898 billion (13 per cent of mineral revenue) was shared to the benefiting States as derivation revenue.

From the N691.714 billion distributable Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue, the Central government received N103.757 billion, the sub-nationals received N345.857 billion and the local government areas received N242.100 billion.

A total sum of N4.150 billion was received by the federal government from the N27.667 billion electronic transfer levy.

The state governments received N13.833 billion and the LGAs received N9.683 billion.

From the N76.614 billion exchange rate difference revenue,  the communiqué stated that the Federal Government received N36.579 billion and the state governments received N18.553 billion.

The statement that was issued by the director of information at the OAGF, Bawa Mokwa also reads that local governments got N14.304 billion, while the sum of N7.178 billion (13 per cent of mineral revenue) was shared to the benefiting states as derivation revenue.