By Abiola Olawale
Nigerian public sector workers, pensioners, and contractors can finally breathe a sigh of relief following the resolution of a tense revenue-sharing deadlock.
This is as the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has officially distributed N1.969 trillion from federation revenues accrued in December 2025, bringing an end to weeks of uncertainty that delayed January salary payments across many states and federal agencies.
The disbursement, ratified at a reconvened FAAC meeting in Abuja, comes after prolonged negotiations between federal and state representatives. Initial disagreements over the distributable amount had stalled proceedings for nearly two weeks, leaving millions of civil servants anxiously awaiting their wages.
According to the official FAAC communiqué issued on Monday by Director of Press and Public Relations, Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr Bawa Mokwa, the N1.969 trillion distributable fund comprised statutory revenue of N1.084 trillion, Value Added Tax revenue of N846.507 billion, and Electronic Money Transfer Levy revenue of N38.110 billion.
It added that the total gross revenue of N2.585 trillion was available in December 2025.
“Total deduction for cost of collection was N104.697 billion, while total transfers, refunds and savings amounted to N511.585 billion,” it said.
According to the communiqué, gross statutory revenue of N1.631 trillion was received for December 2025.
“This was lower than the sum of N1.736 trillion received in November 2025 by N105.202 billion.
“Gross revenue of N913.957 billion was available from VAT in December 2025. This was higher than the N563.042 billion available in November 2025 by N350.915 billion,” it said.
The communiqué said that from the N1.969 trillion total distributable revenue, the Federal Government received N653.500 billion, while the state governments received N706.469 billion.
It said the LGs received N513.272 billion, while the sum of N96.083 billion, representing 13 per cent of mineral revenue, was shared among the benefiting states as derivation revenue.
On the N1.084 trillion distributable statutory revenue, the communiqué said the Federal Government received N520.807 billion, and the state governments received N264.160 billion.
“The LGs received N203.656 billion, while the sum of N96.083 billion, representing 13 per cent of mineral revenue, was shared among the benefiting states as derivation revenue.
“From the N846.507 billion distributable VAT revenue, the Federal Government received N126.976 billion, the state governments received N423.254 billion, and the LGs received N296.277 billion,” it said.
The communiqué said a total sum of N5.717 billion was received by the Federal Government from the N38.110 billion EMTL, while the state governments received N19.055 billion, and the LGs received N13.338 billion.
It added that in December 2025, Companies Income Tax, Import Duty, and VAT increased significantly.
It said Oil and Gas Royalty, CET levies and fees increased marginally, while Excise Duty, Petroleum Profit Tax and EMTL recorded considerable decreases.
