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FG, States, LGCs Share N1, 678 Trillion From A Gross Total Of N2, 344 Trillion For February
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), at its March 2025 meeting chaired by the Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, shared a total sum of N1.678 Trillion to the three tiers of government as Federation Allocation for the month of February 2025 from a gross total of N2.344 Trillion.
From the stated amount inclusive of Gross Statutory Revenue, Value Added Tax (VAT), Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL), an argumentation of N178 Billion and revenues from Solid Minerals, the Federal Government received N569.656 Billion, the States received N562.195 Billion, the Local Government Councils got N410.559 Billion, while the Oil Producing States received N136.042 Billion as Derivation, (13% of Mineral Revenue).
The sum of N89.092 Billion was given for the cost of collection, while N755.097 Billion was allocated for Transfers Intervention and Refunds.
The Communique issued by the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) at the end of the meeting indicated that the Gross Revenue available from the Value Added Tax (VAT) for the month of February 2025, was N609.430 Billion as against N771.886 Billion distributed in the prece ding month, resulting in a decrease.
From that amount, the sum of N28.178 Billion was allocated for the cost of collection and the sum of N18.848 Billion given for Transfers, Intervention and Refunds. The remaining sum of N609.430 Billion was distributed to the three tiers of government, of which the Federal Government got N91.415 Billion, the States received N304.715 Billion and Local Government Councils got N213.301 Billion.
Accordingly, the Gross Statutory Revenue of N1.653 Trillion received for the month was lower than the sum of N1.848 Trillion received in the previous month by N194.664 Billion. From the stated amount, the sum of N61.449 Billion was allocated for the cost of collection and a total sum of N736.249 Billion for Transfers, Intervention and Refunds.
The remaining balance of N827.633 Billion was distributed as follows to the three tiers of government: Federal Government got the sum of N366.262 Billion, States received N185.773 Billion, the sum of N143.223 Billion was allocated to LGCs and N132.374 Billion was given to Derivation Revenue (13% Mineral producing States).
Also, the sum of N35.171 Billion from Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL) was distributed to the three (3) tiers of government as follows: the Federal Government received N5.276 Billion, States got N17.585 Billion, Local Government Councils received N12.310 Billion, while N1.465 Billion was allocated for Cost of Collection.
The Communique also mentioned the sum of N28.218 Billion generated from Solid Minerals which was distributed to the three tiers of Government as follows: Federal government got N12.933 Billion, the State received N6.560 Billion, the LGCs got N5.057 Billion, while the Oil producing States received N3.668 Billion.
The Communique further disclosed an Augmentation of the sum of N178 Billion which was shared to the three tiers of Government as follows: Federal Government received N93.770 Billion, the State got N47.562 Billion, while the Local Government Councils received N36.668 Billion.
Value Added Tax (VAT), Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT), Companies Income Tax (CIT), Excise Duty, Import Duty and CET Levies recorded decreases, while Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL) and Oil and Gas Royalty increased significantly.
According to the Communique, the total revenue distributable for the current month of February 2025, was drawn from Statutory Revenue of N827.633 Billion, Value Added Tax (VAT) of N609.430 Billion, N35.171 Billion from Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL), the sum of N28.218 Billion and an argumentation of N178 Billion, bringing the total distributable amount for the month to N1.678 Trillion.
However, HM Wale Edun while briefing the FAAC committee on the State of the Nation for the March meeting thanked them for their support and consultations, and explained that Nigeria’s microeconomics situation has improved as a result of different economic reforms put in place. He reiterated that, the Country’s major role is to encourage, give way and bring in private sectors for more economic stability.
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TAJBank Emerges Nigeria’s Biggest Non-Interest Bank
Cyril Ogar
After five years of operations in Nigeria’s rapidly evolving non-interest banking (NIB) space, TAJBank Limited has become the biggest player in the NIB subsector based on its total assets and gross earnings values.
Disclosing this during his paper presentation on the key performance indices in the non-interest banking space over the past few years at a seminar organized by Leaders Corporate Services with the theme “Roles of Non-Interest Banks In SMEs’ Financing” for SME entrepreneurs yesterday in Abuja, an investment expert, Mr. Olabode Akeredolu-Ale, maintained that based on the non-interest banks’ approved financial statements for the half year 2025, TAJBank currently remained the biggest in terms of its total assets.
The expert, a chartered stockbroker, specifically confirmed that his recent investment researches on the NIBs and their financial performances showed that TAJBank, with its total assets rising to N1.017 trillion in half year 2025 up from N953.098 billion as of December 2024, which is about N53 billion higher than the nearest NIB’s assets, now ranked top in the banking subsector.
According to him, TAJBank’s gross earnings for H1 2025 also surged to N53.752 billion from N32.86 billion as of December 2024, representing a 64% growth, and higher than the nearest NIB’s gross earnings in the period under review.
This is even as he disclosed that on the NIBs’ earnings per share during the half year, TAJBank reported N61.36 kobo earnings per share, about 92% higher than the earnings per share of the next NIB during the period.
Akeredolu-Ale, who is also a chartered accountant, clarified: “The figures I am reeling out here on the NIBs are sourced from the banking and capital market regulatory institutions’ platforms, which anyone can access to verify.
“I am part of this event because of my research interest in non-interest banking and how the players in the subsector in Nigeria can help to leverage their competencies in innovation and ethical banking to support our MSMEs.
“Today, the MSMEs cannot access DMBs’ loans due to high lending rates and other inclement macroeconomic factors. This is where I think the NIBs have become very crucial to Nigeria’s economic growth.
“Overall, my findings on the NIBs indicated that they are all trying their best with non-interest loans to support entrepreneurs, particularly the MSMEs owners. I have advised those of them at this seminar to explore the cost-friendly financing options of the NIBs to grow their businesses by opening accounts with the NIBs”, the expert added.
Another speaker at the event, Benjamin Chukwudi, also commended the NIBs for their “catalytic roles in helping SMEs to access interest-free loans and providing them the needed financial management advisory, which have been helping them in sustaining their operations in the face of rising cost of doing business in the country.”
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