FG, others share N6.3tr in 10 months

The three tiers of government shared N6.3 trillion as statutory allocations from January to October this year. However, revenue from crude oil into the federation account fell by 3.3 percent to N5.7 trillion during this period, reflecting the impact of the falling price of crude oil.



Data published by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) reveal that revenue from crude oil into the nation’s federation account dropped by 3.3 percent to N5.797 trillion in the first ten months of the year, from N5.997 trillion in the corresponding period of 2013.

From N1.834 trillion in the first quarter of 2013, oil revenue fell to N1.808 trillion in the first quarter of 2014. In the second quarter oil revenue dropped to N1.795 trillion, and again to N1.723 trillion.

Since June, crude oil prices have been on the downward trend. According to the CBN, average price of Nigeria crude oil fell from $114 per barrel in June to $59.97 per barrel as at December 24th.

According to Dr. Bright Okogu, Director-General, Budget Office, the decline in crude oil price is one of the challenges of implementing the 2014 Budget.

In an analysis of the 2015 proposed budget, he said that releases for 2014 recurrent budget are on track, while N610 billion has been released for capital expenditure. He said for the implementation of SURE-P Budget, “Of the N268.37 billion provisioned for SURE-P, N208.3 billion (or 77.6 percent of the SURE-P budget) has been utilized in various job creation initiatives and infrastructure projects.

“This level of implementation is coming amidst various challenges to the 2014 Budget revenue, including: fall in average oil production of 2.2mbpd against 2.38mbpd budgeted; oil price falling from about $114pb in June now to about $60pb; and Under-remittance of internally generated revenue by some MDAs”



Statutory allocations fall by 4.5%

Analysis of statutory allocations to the three tiers of government as published by the Central Bank of Nigeria in its monthly and quarterly reports reveal that total allocations from January to October fell by 4.5 per cent or N296 billion from N6.626 trillion in the corresponding period of 2013.

In the first quarter, statutory allocations fell to N1.827 trillion from N2 trillion in the first quarter of 2013.

Allocation to the Federal government rose to N912 billion from N908 billion, while allocation to the 36 states fell to N669.57 billion from N734.07 billion. Allocation to the 774 local governments fell to N374.79 billion from N401.68 billion.
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