Tag: 36 States

Lagos, Kano, Abia, 9 other States’ allocation rise by 40%, as FAAC allocation hits N4.5trillion

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FAAC allocation

No fewer than 10 States across the federation received a boost of 50 percent or more in their monthly allocation from statutory federal funds, findings have shown. This was as 12 out of the 36 States received an increase of 40% or more in their monthly allocation. According to data sourced from monthly reports of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, (FAAC), as released by the National Bureau of Statistics, (NBS), the total allocation to the 36 States also increased by 27% to N4.5bn in 12 months, from N3.58trillion in the…

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FG drags 36 Govs. to Supreme Court, seeks full autonomy for LGAs

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Nigerian State Governors

The Federal Government has instituted a legal action against the Governors of the 36 States of the Federation at the Supreme Court over alleged misconduct in the administration of Local Government Areas, (LGAs). FG, in the suit, filed by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, (SAN), is seeking full autonomy for all LGAs in the country as the third tier of Government. It specifically prayed the apex court to issue an order, prohibiting state governors from embarking on unilateral, arbitrary and unlawful dissolution…

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Federal, States, LGs shared ?10tr in 2023 – NEITI

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The three tiers of government – the federal, State and local government councils shared the total sum of ?10.1tn from the Federation Account as statutory revenue allocations in 2023. Contained in the latest report by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) on the Federation Account revenue allocations for the year 2023, its Executive Secretary, Dr. Orji Ogbonnaya, who announced the release of the report at the NEITI House in Abuja, said a breakdown of the revenue receipts showed that the Federal Government received about ?4trn, representing about 39 per…

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FG moves to check excessive borrowing by States

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Worried by the indiscriminate borrowing by State governments from banks and the capital market, the Federal Government has commenced a process to check such borrowing. Consequently, the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, (FRC), has issued a guideline on conditions a state government must meet before borrowing from any bank in the country. The Head, Directorate of Legal, Investigation and Enforcement at the Commission, Barrister Charles Abana, disclosed this at the Growth Initiative for Fiscal Transparency, (GIFT) parley with Civil Society Partners, in Abuja, on Monday. The Commission, he said, was shocked to…

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1999 Constitution Amendment Bill: States reject LG autonomy

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…As NASS sends 35 amendment Bills to Buhari for assent The National Assembly says 35 Constitution amendment Bills have been passed by the State’s Houses of Assemblies. The Senate, yesterday, requested its Clerk to transmit the 35 Bills out of the 44 Constitution amendment Bills to President Muhammadu Buhari for his assent. However, among the proposed legislations not approved by the State Houses of Assemblies are Bills seeking financial and legislative autonomy for local governments. The resolution to transmit the Bills to Buhari for assent was passed at Tuesday’s plenary…

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36 States urge FG to refund N176bn stamp duty fees

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The tax war between the Federal Government and some States has taken a new twist, as 36 States of the federation, through their Attorneys-General, have dragged the Federal Government to the Supreme Court over alleged failure to remit funds generated from stamp duties into their respective accounts. The State governments have demanded that the Federal Government refund over N176 billion stamp duty proceeds received into its coffers between 2015 and 2020. According to a suit filed before the Supreme Court on Thursday, the attorneys representing the 36 State governments asked…

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