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FG Earns N28.02trn From Crude, VAT, Others, NEITI Confirms

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4 years ago

April 29, 2022

A Fiscal Allocation and Statutory Disbursement (FASD) report published by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), covering 2017-2019 has revealed that four Federal Government agencies generated N28.02trillion within the period under review.
From the figure, minerals revenue contributed N12.84trillion (56.61percent) while non-minerals revenue contributed N6.57trillion (28.97percent).
Value-added tax (VAT) accounted for N3.27trillion (14.42percent), while ¦ 19.01trillion mineral revenue was disbursed to the tiers of government.
The report also highlighted that states’ over-dependent on Federation Account has peaked, as it currently accounts for 71percent of their earnings.
The report also noted that 81percent of states allocations is spent on recurrent expenditure.
The N28.02trillion was generated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC); Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS); Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) now Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) and the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development (MMSD).
Out of the amount, N22.68trillion was remitted to the Federation Account.
The cost of collection and Joint-venture cash calls deductions by revenue generating agencies accounted for the differences between revenue generated and remittance.
The NEITI’s FASD audit examined total extractive industry revenue remitted into the Federation Account, tracked allocation and disbursement from the account to statutory recipients as well as utilization and application of the funds by the beneficiaries between the years 2017-2019.
It also covered nine selected states: Akwa-Ibom; Bayelsa; Delta; Gombe; Imo; Kano; Nasarawa; Ondo and Rivers states.
On the nine selected states covered by the exercise, the report revealed that their combined revenues inflows within the three years period were N5.104trillion.
Breakdown showed that statutory allocation accounted for N3.55trillion, while internally generated revenue (IGR) and loans accounted for N1.33trillion and N227billion, respectively.
Further breakdown shows that Delta State recorded the highest revenue of N1.083trillion while Nasarawa State recorded the lowest revenue of N214billion.
The beneficiary agencies include: Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC); Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund); Petroleum Trust Development Fund (PTDF); Petroleum Equalization Funds (PEF); Ecological Fund (EF) and Stabilization Fund (SFs).
Others are: Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA); Development of Natural Resources Fund (DNRF); Excess Crude Account (ECA); Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA).
The NEITI FASD report revealed that FIRS generated ¦ 13.48trillion within the period under review with Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT) accounting for N5.80trillion (43.09percent), while Value-Added Tax (VAT) and other taxes accounted for 32percent and 24percent, respectively. The service recorded highest revenue collection of N5.02trillion in 2018.
The report disclosed that a total sum of ¦ 8.82trillion was generated by NNPC within the period. Breakdown shows that ¦ 4.55trillion came from domestic crude sales, while export receipts accounted for ¦ 4.27trillion.
It further disclosed that ¦ 5.33trillion was deducted at source for JV cash call and others, leaving the net amount of N3.49trillion as transferred to Federation Account.
“During the period under consideration, a total of ¦ 8.82trillion was generated. However, only ¦ 3.49trillion (39.5percent) was remitted to the Federation Account due to deductions at source by NNPC for JV cash calls. The Deductions at source by NNPC negate the principle of Federation Account”, NEITI’s report stated.
From the report, DPR (now NUPRC) generated ¦ 3.53trillion for the three years under review, with royalty payments accounting for N3.40trillion (96.41percent).
The agency, however, transferred ¦ 3.53trillion to the Federation Account.
The audit established that the surplus of ¦ 6.72billion was as a result of unremitted receipts from prior year.
Ministry of Mines and Steel Development (MMSD) generated ¦ 12.498billion within the three years period.
Breakdown show that Mining Inspectorate Department (MID) contributed N6.43billion while Mining Cadastral Office (MCO) accounted for N6.06billion.
From the total revenue generated by the Ministry, a sum of ¦ 7.56billion was shared to the three tiers of government in 2019.
On the NDDC, NEITI report revealed that ¦ 755.96billion was generated by the commission within the period under consideration.
Breakdown shows that N551.08billion (73percent) was contributed by oil and gas companies, while the balance of ¦ 203.90billion (27percent) was the Federal Government’s contribution to the commission.
The report further revealed that the total expenditure by the commission during the period under review was N882.3billion.
Analysis of the expenditure shows that N778.29billion (88.20percent) was expended on development projects, while operational cost accounted for N104.07billion (11.80percent) of the total.
Analysis of project execution in member states ranks Delta State highest in terms of development projects undertaken by the commission to member states with total expenditure of ¦ 40.46billion (26percent) of the actual expenditure within the period, while Edo received the lowest development projects of about 5percent.
NEITI audit established that there was a gap between actual development projects expenditure as per audited financial statements and project monitoring list provided by the commission in the sum of ¦ 522.60billion.
“While N679billion was reported in NDDC’s financial statement, the project monitoring list reported expenditure of N157billion on physical projects among the nine member states”, NEITI audit report revealed.
The report, however, disclosed that 40 oil and gas companies defaulted in their payment obligation to the commission.
It also disclosed that the commission did not receive any monies from the Ecological Fund as stipulated by the law throughout the three years under review, this obviously negatively affected revenue inflow into the commission within the period.
On the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), NEITI reported that the fund realised N644.19billion within the three years under review.
The NEITI report established that the actual funds available for disbursement by TETFund in the three years period was ¦ 624.32billion.
The report also disclosed that the sum of ¦ 102.14billion (46.55percent) was disbursed to the universities, while ¦ 46.12billion (21.35percent), ¦ 49.97billion (21.97percent) and ¦ 27.09billion (10.12percent) were disbursed to Polytechnics, Colleges of Education and other tertiary institutions programmes, respectively.
NEITI noted that the process of accessing the fund is cumbersome, and called on TETFund to simplify the process to enable more universities access the funds.
Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) revenue for the period under review was put at ¦ 155.34billion and 95percent came from signature bonus paid by oil and gas companies which is the main revenue source to the agency.
NEITI report reveals that out of ¦ 86.34billion utilised by the agency within the period under review, ¦ 59.84billion was spent on core operating expenses while ¦ 26.35billion and ¦ 143million was for personnel/administrative expenses and capital, respectively.
The report noted that the PTDF extended funding to 125 approved institutions, 43 locals and 82 foreign institutions.
According to the NEITI report there was low expenditure compared with the revenue released during the years under review as only 56percent of revenue was utilised.
The NEITI report put total receipts by Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) for the three years under review at ¦ 126.73billion.
It noted that one percent Nigerian Content Development (NCD) payment accounted for N116.95billion (92percent) of the revenue.
The Federal Government stopped funding the agency from its budget in 2017.
According to the report, 48.07percent of the revenue was used for operating expenses while 51percent was used for capital expenditure.
The Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), NEITI report disclosed that the total financial flows for the three year period were ¦ 1.33trillion.
Breakdown shows that the sum of ¦ 76.28billion was contributed by the government to the funds in 2017, while the sum of $250million was approved by National Economic Council (NEC) in 2019 but the money was remitted to the authority in August, 2020.
The report also revealed that NSIA’s investment fund witnessed phenomenal increase of 71percent within the three years under review to the sum of ¦ 946.36billion and noted that the return on capital employed for the Stabilization Fund (SF), Future Generations Fund (FGF) and Nigeria Infrastructural Fund (NIF) were 8.68percent, 7.21percent and 5.40percent, respectively.
NEITI report disclosed that Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Authority (PPPRA) received a total of N27.68billion as Federal Government subvention for the three years period.
It noted that the regime of subsidy payment on petroleum product was discontinued within the period under review.
The Ecological Fund (EF) recorded a total sum of ¦ 170.15billion during the period under review with statutory allocation accounting for the 93.43percent of the total revenues.
NEITI report reveals that North-Central received the highest projects in the sum of ¦ 36.08billion, while South-South received the lowest projects delivered amounting to N10.93billion.
The report also revealed that National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) received ¦ 34.04billion from the fund.
From the report, total receipts accrued to the Stabilization Fund (SF) during the period under review were ¦ 85.10billion.
Breakdown shows that Statutory Allocation contributed 93.44percent, while other receipts accounted for 6.56percent.
NEITI reports disclosed that significant proportion of the fund during the period under review went into budget augmentation which was mainly disbursed to the states, noting that the 25percent transfers to NSIA fulfil the Fund’s statutory requirement to be set aside for investment purpose.
The report further noted that N17.4billion was transferred from the Fund in 2019 to African Union (AU) as Nigeria’s share of contribution to the body.
This transfer accounted for 19.74percent of the total disbursement from thefFund during the period under review.
The report also noted that expenses related to Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meetings and professional fees accounted for 8percent of the total fund outflows.
On Development of Natural Resources Fund (DNRF), the report revealed that the fund’s total receipts within the period under review were N284.92billion.
It noted 93.77percent of it came from statutory allocation.
The total disbursement from the fund was N312.01billion.
Disbursements to Federal Ministry of Water Resources and capital projects accounted for 44percent and 16percent, respectively.
Furthermore, the sum of N34.08billion was transferred to NEMA in 2019 which represented 11percent of total disbursement of the fund.
NEITI report revealed that not all receipts to the fund were utilised for the purpose for which the fund was established.

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Fubara Reads Riot Act To New SSG, CoS …Warns Against Unauthorized Meetings

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3 days ago

February 27, 2026

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Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has charged the newly appointed Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and Chief of Staff (CoS) to carry out their duties with discipline, loyalty and a firm commitment to the success of the administration and the wellbeing of the people of Rivers State.

The governor warned that any involvement in unauthorised nocturnal meetings or any conduct capable of embarrassing the government will attract immediate dismissal.

Fubara gave the warning yesterday shortly after the newly appointed Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr Dagogo S.A. Wokoma and the new Chief of Staff (CoS), Barrister Sunny Ewule, were sworn in at the Executive Council Chambers of Government House, Port Harcourt.

As part of the ceremony, the Chief Registrar of the State High Court, David Ihua-Maduenyi administered the Oath of Allegiance and Oath of Office on the duo before the governor gave his charge.

Addressing the appointees, Fubara reminded them that their elevation to the new positions was a call to service and not a platform for political grandstanding or the pursuit of personal ambition.

He stressed that their foremost responsibility should be to themselves and to the people of Rivers State, stressing that their conduct must always reflect integrity, restraint and dedication to public good.

Speaking directly to Dr. Wokoma, whom he described as an accomplished academic and mathematician, the governor expressed confidence in his intellectual depth and capacity to deliver on the new assignment.

The office of the Secretary to the State Government, Fubara stressed, demands thoroughness, discipline and a deep sense of responsibility. He charged the SSG to represent the State with honour at all times.

“Your duty includes representing the state government. You need to represent us in a way and manner that will bring honour to us.

“What is important to this administration is to see that the good works that we started and the ones that we met, are concluded in a way that will bring progress and development to our dear state,” he stated.

Turning to the new Chief of Staff, the governor explained that he is expected to ensure smooth administrative coordination, managing official engagements effectively and safeguarding the image of the Government House.

He underscored the sensitive and personal nature of the role and emphasised that the position operates strictly under the authority of the governor.

Fubara stressed that the role does not permit independent political engagements or private strategy meetings without his knowledge and consent.

“Let me sound it here very clearly. Your duty is to make sure that you handle the administrative duties and image making roles perfectly well, liaising with whoever is coming for any official assignment here.

“If you involve yourself in nocturnal meetings and all those things, I will sack you. I’m very serious. What is important to me today is peace, progress and prosperity of this state. I’m not going to compromise anything for it,” he said.

The governor cautioned that involvement of the new appointees in any action capable of bringing the government or his office to disrepute would attract appropriate sanctions.

While congratulating the new appointees, Fubara expressed optimism that they would justify the confidence reposed in them.

He called on all public officials to work together in unity, observing that collective success is stronger and more enduring than individual achievement.

The governor who also addressed the Permanent Secretaries present at the ceremony, directed those of them who have reached retirement age to start preparing their handover notes without delay.

The notice, he said, was not intended to scare anybody but to prepare their minds towards the inevitability of exiting the service one day and to pave way for an orderly transition.

He warned against any attempt to engage in financial misconduct or last-minute irregularities, stressing that he was closely monitoring the system to ensure strict enforcement of accountability rules.

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Fubara Dissolves Rivers Executive Council

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2 weeks ago

February 13, 2026

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Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminialayi Fubara, has dissolved the State Executive Council.

The governor announced the cabinet dissolution yesterday in a statement titled ‘Government Special Announcement’, signed by his new Chief Press Secretary, Onwuka Nzeshi.

Governor Fubara directed all Commissioners and Special Advisers to hand over to the Permanent Secretaries or the most Senior officers in their Ministries with immediate effect.

He thanked the outgoing members of the State Executive Council for their service and wished them the best in their future endeavours.

The three-paragraph special announcement read, “His Excellency, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, GSSRS, Governor of Rivers State, has dissolved the State Executive Council.

“His Excellency, the Governor, has therefore directed all Commissioners and Special Advisers to hand over to the Permanent Secretaries or the most Senior officers in their Ministries with immediate effect.

“His Excellency further expresses his deepest appreciation to the outgoing members of the Executive Council wishing them the best in their future endeavours.”

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INEC Proposes N873.78bn For 2027 Elections, N171bn For 2026 Operations

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2 weeks ago

February 13, 2026

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday told the National Assembly that it requires N873.78bn to conduct the 2027 general elections, even as it seeks N171bn to fund its operations in the 2026 fiscal year.

INEC Chairman, Prof Joash Amupitan, made the disclosure while presenting the commission’s 2026 budget proposal and the projected cost for the 2027 general elections before the National Assembly Joint Committee on Electoral Matters in Abuja.

According to Amupitan, the N873.78bn election budget covers the full conduct of national polls in 2027.

An additional N171bn is needed to support INEC’s routine activities in 2026, including bye-elections and off-season elections, the commission stated.

The INEC boss said the proposed election budget does not include a fresh request from the National Youth Service Corps seeking increased allowances for corps members engaged as ad-hoc staff during elections.

He explained that, although the details of specific line items were not exhaustively presented, the almost N1tn election budget is structured across five major components.

“N379.75bn is for operational costs, N92.32bn for administrative costs, N209.21bn for technological costs, N154.91bn for election capital costs and N42.61bn for miscellaneous expenses,” Amupitan said.

The INEC chief noted that the budget was prepared “in line with Section 3(3) of the Electoral Act 2022, which mandates the Commission to prepare its election budget at least one year before the general election.”

On the 2026 fiscal year, Amupitan disclosed that the Ministry of Finance provided an envelope of N140bn, stressing, however, that “INEC is proposing a total expenditure of N171bn.”

The breakdown includes N109bn for personnel costs, N18.7bn for overheads, N42.63bn for election-related activities and N1.4bn for capital expenditure.

He argued that the envelope budgeting system is not suitable for the Commission’s operations, noting that INEC’s activities often require urgent and flexible funding.

Amupitan also identified the lack of a dedicated communications network as a major operational challenge, adding that if the commission develops its own network infrastructure, Nigerians would be in a better position to hold it accountable for any technical glitches.

Speaking at the session, Senator Adams Oshiomhole (APC, Edo North) said external agencies should not dictate the budgeting framework for INEC, given the unique and sensitive nature of its mandate.

He advocated that the envelope budgeting model should be set aside.

He urged the National Assembly to work with INEC’s financial proposal to avoid future instances of possible underfunding.

In the same vein, a member of the House of Representatives from Edo State, Billy Osawaru, called for INEC’s budget to be placed on first-line charge as provided in the Constitution, with funds released in full and on time to enable the Commission to plan early enough for the 2027 general election.

The Joint Committee approved a motion recommending the one-time release of the Commission’s annual budget.

The committee also said it would consider the NYSC’s request for about N32bn to increase allowances for corps members to N125,000 each when engaged for election duties.

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on INEC, Senator Simon Along, assured that the National Assembly would work closely with the Commission to ensure it receives the necessary support for the successful conduct of the 2027 general elections.

Similarly, the Chairman of the House Committee on Electoral Matters, Bayo Balogun, also pledged legislative support, warning INEC to be careful about promises it might be unable to keep.

He recalled that during the 2023 general election, INEC made strong assurances about uploading results to the INEC Result Viewing portal, creating the impression that results could be monitored in real time.

“iREV was not even in the Electoral Act; it was only in INEC regulations. So, be careful how you make promises,” Balogun warned.

The N873.78bn proposed by INEC for next year’s general election is a significant increase from the N313.4bn released to the Commission by the Federal Government for the conduct of the 2023 general election.