REVENUE ALLOCATION FORMULA IN NIGERIA INTRODUCTION Prior to the discovery of oil in Nigeria‚ other sectors of the economy thrived. Agriculture‚ for instance‚ was a major source of revenue for the Western Region. The Eastern Region that was less endowed devised other sources of revenue. All this has however changed since the discovery of oil in the country. This has led to the demise of the other productive sectors of the economy. In fact‚ Nigerians are poorer today than they were in the pre-oil boom
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UNDERSTANDING THE REVENUE ALLOCATION FORMULA New Nigerian September 5‚ Daily Champion Sept.6‚ Daily Trust Sept.7‚ Leadership Sept. 7‚ Sunday Tribune Sept. 10‚ Daily Sun Sept 12‚ Vanguard Sept.15&10‚ Daily Independent October 4‚ 2006 It was my last official outing as Head of Public Relations at the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) when I joined other members of the Commission to the inauguration of a Special Committee on Revenue Allocation constituted by Federal
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Home ALLOCATION OF REVENUE (FEDERATION ACCOUNT‚ ETC.) ACT ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTION 1. Distribution of the Federation Accounts‚ etc. 1 Formula for distribution between the Federal and State Governments. 1 Formula for distribution between Local Government Councils. 1 Proportion of revenue to be paid by each State to Joint Local Government Account. 1 Allocations under special Funds. 1 Establishment of Federation Account Allocation Committee and functions. 1 Establishment of Joint
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issue of equitable revenue allocation in Nigeria. It is an issue which has been politicised by successive administrations in Nigeria both Military and civilian regimes. Indeed‚ in virtually all federations in which the constitution shares power between the central and regional or state governments and‚ for each level to be “within a sphere co-ordinate and independent” (Wheare 1963:93) enough resources need be allocated to each tier to justify their existence. For many years‚ Nigeria has been searching
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Revenue means income. Allocation means to divide. Revenue allocation is defined as the division of available resources within an organisation or company. At a broader level‚ it is the process of assigning a cost to the amount of services and products generated. Government revenue is obtained from taxes‚ licenses and fees and allocated to public facilities. Because of the current revenue allocation formula in Nigeria‚ though there is a great deal of wealth in the country from the oil industry‚ 64%
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Introduction Nigeria is Africa’s leading producer of oil and the seventh largest producer of crude oil in the world‚ and equally endowed with other numerous natural resources. But rather than utilizing its resources for maximum development‚ the country is unfortunately bedevilled with how to efficiently and effectively distribute oil revenues in an equitable manner. The revenue allocation phenomenon in Nigeria is basically the issue of distribution of national (resources) revenue‚ mobilized by the
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Revenue allocation is the distribution of revenue‚ or total income‚ through a business‚ corporate or government structure. It often involves a complex process of determining how and where to funnel revenues in order to best maintain the viability and operating structure of an organisation. The present formula gives the Federal Government 52.68 per cent‚ state governments 26.72 per cent and local governments 20.6 per cent. llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll- llllllllll
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Revenue allocation formulae: The current revenue allocation formulae is 52.68%‚ 26.72% and 20.60%.for the F.G‚ States and L.Gs respectively | FEDERAL GOVT. | STATE GOVT. | LOCAL GOVT. | | | | | |52.68% |26.72%
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Introduction Revenue allocation is one of the Constitutional functions of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission. Specifically‚ Part I‚ Paragraph 32 of the Third Schedule to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria‚ which states that the Commission is to “review‚ from time to time‚ the revenue allocation formulae and principles in operation to ensure conformity with changing realities. Provided the any revenue formula which has been accepted by an Act of the National
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