Niger State asks FG to consider landmass in revenue sharing ‎

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The Niger State government has asked the Federal Government to consider landmass in the country’s revenue sharing formula.

The State Commissioner for Finance, Zakari Abubakar, made the call after the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) led by its Federal Commissioner, Barrister Patrick Nworu, met with Governor Abubakar Sani Bello at the Government House in Minna.
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This was disclosed in a statement signed by‎ Mary Noel-Berje,
Chief Press Secretary to Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State.

According to the statement, Abubakar noted that the landmass of Niger State was the largest in the country with its topography having environmental challenges such as annual flooding.

He also noted that the ecological fund for the state was not sufficient.

The commissioner appealed that a certain percentage should be added to states that are challenged by environmental hazards.

He said the state is challenged by its size as opposed to the revenue that accrued to it, adding that if the landmass is considered, it will assist the state government to access and tackle the environmental challenges.

“In the consideration of the indices of revenue, the issue of landmass should be given a lot of weight”, he said.

The commissioner also pointed out that the number of federal roads criss-crossing the state is another issue that should be factored in the revenue sharing formula by the Federal Government.

The RMAFC Federal Commissioner, Barrister Nworu, said the commission’s members were in the state for advocacy and sensitization on revenue data and its management.
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He said their mission in the state was also to get the stakeholders to know the value and the need to submit transparent as well as verifiable revenue data.

According to him, it is the commission’s mandate to formulate ways to allocate revenue from the federation account to the states and local governments.

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