FINANCES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA

 - THE SHAGARI YEARS (1979 – 1984)

 

 

Table 1:  Current Revenue of The Federal Government (1979-84)

 

 

 

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Million Naira

Million Naira

Million Naira

Million Naira

 Million Naira

Million Naira

 

Jan-June

Jan-June

Jan-June

 

 

 

 Direct Taxes

2,048.1

3231.6

4564.6

4,948.6

4,330.9

5,383.3

Company Income Tax

0.0

228.8

254.1

118.0

561.5

600.0

Personal Income Tax

1.5

1.8

6.0

1.8

4.5

5.9

Petroleum Profit Tax

1797.2

2995.1

4296.2

4,846.4

3,746.9

4,761.4

Other Taxes

5.4

5.8

8.3

18.4

18.0

16.0

Indirect Taxes

531.3

831.7

1100.0

2350.2

1943.8

1724.1

Import Duties (including fees)

402.9

647.4

821.5

1669.2

1105.8

1028.0

Excise Duties

128.3

189.6

278.5

680.7

838.0

696.1

Export Duties

0.1

0.1

0

0.3

0

0

Other Revenue

1588.5

2213.4

1803.7

2809.1

4536.7

4631.1

Mining (Rents, Royalty (1979-81) + NNPC Sales (1982-84)

1417.6

1941.8

1427.0

2021.4

3506.1

3448.3

Interest & Payments

157.5

229.1

349.2

709.6

975.5

1127.8

Miscellaneous

13.4

43.5

27.5

78.1

55.1

55.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Revenue Collected by Federal Government

4,203.9

6,276.7

7,468.3

10,143.9

10,811.4

11738.5

Less: Appropriation & Payments to State & Local Government

760.5

2412.9

2860.4

4324..8

4216.8

3926.6

Total Revenue Retained by the Federal Government

3443.4

3863.9

4607.9

5819.1

6594.6

7811.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 2:  Recurrent and Capital Expenditures of the Federal Government (1979-84)

 

 

 

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

 

Million Naira

Million Naira

Million Naira

Million Naira

 Million Naira

Million Naira

 

Actual

Estimate

Estimate

Provisional

Estimate

Estimate

 FGN’s Own Recurrent Expenditure

3,187.2

4,781.2

4,975.5

5,506.0

5,278.8

6,072.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add Statutory Appropriations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i) To State Governments

2,044.0

3,759.8

5,613.2

3,312.2

2,538.8

3,109.5

(ii) To Local Governments

 

 

 

1,034.6

832.4

1,019.5

(iii) For Dev. Of Mineral Producing Areas

 

 

 210.5

0

124.9

152.9

(iv) Derivation

 

 

 

 

166.5

203.9

(v) To Development Fund

3,122.9

7,120.0

5,133.3

313.1

282.1

671.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

8,354.0

15,661.0

15,932.5

10,143.9

9,306.7

11,331.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Expenditure

4,837.4

10,654.0

9,644.9

6,896.2

6,807.3

4,634.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grand Total  Expenditure

13,191.4

26,315.0

25.577.4

17,040.1

16,114.0

15,966.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 3: Summary of State Government Finances (1979-1984)

 

 

State

1979

 

1980

 

From Federation

Account

Others

Total

From Federation

Account

 

Others

Total

 

Million Naira

Million Naira

Million Naira

Million Naira

 Million Naira

Million Naira

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 SUMMARY

 

 

Jan – June

 

 

Jan - June

FGN Retained Revenue

 

 

3,443.4

 

 

3,863.9

Appropriations to States & Local Governments

 

 

760.5

 

 

2,412.9

Total Federally Collected Revenue

 

 

4,203.9

 

 

6,276.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ZONE-BY-ZONE

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOUTH-WEST

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lagos

102.5

 

 

143.4

432.6

576.0

Ogun

100.0

 

 

141.6

23.9

165.5

Ondo

130.6

 

 

181.2

88.6

269.8

Oyo

193.6

 

 

278.6

78.5

357.1

Total SW

526.7

 

 

744.8

623.6

1368.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOUTH-EAST

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anambra

161.8

 

 

225.1

38.4

263.5

Imo

188.7

 

 

269.4

71.7

341.1

Total SE

350.5

 

 

494.5

110.1

604.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOUTH-SOUTH

 

 

 

 

 

 

CrossRiver

161.7

 

 

227.4

22.6

250.0

Bendel

256.5

 

 

372.0

50.0

422.0

Rivers

236.4

 

 

346.0

45.4

391.4

Total SS

654.6

 

 

945.4

118

1063.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NORTH-WEST

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kaduna

166.8

 

 

234.7

65.8

300.5

Kano

199.8

 

 

282.2

66.5

348.7

Sokoto

166.8

 

 

232.6

73.8

306.4

Total NW

533.4

 

 

749.5

206.1

955.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NORTH-EAST

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bauchi  

121.8

 

 

169.4

58.5

227.9

Borno  

133.7

 

 

196.2

29.8

226.0

Gongola

123.1

 

 

178.5

31.7

210.2

Total NE

378.6

 

 

544.1

120

664.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NORTH-CENTRAL (MIDDLE-BELT)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benue

135.3

 

 

198.1

41.9

240.0

Kwara  

108.9

 

 

156.7

16.6

173.3

Niger  

95.3

 

 

132.7

8.0

140.7

Plateau  

120.2

 

 

162.8

83.4

246.2

Total Middle-Belt

459.7

 

 

650.3

149.9

800.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total to States

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abuja FCT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

State

1981

 

1982

 

From Federation

Account

 

Others

Total

From Federation

Account

Others

Total

 

Million Naira

Million Naira

Million Naira

Million Naira

 Million Naira

Million Naira

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 SUMMARY

 

 

Jan – June

 

 

 

FGN Retained Revenue

 

 

4,607.9

 

 

5,819.1

Appropriations to States & Local Governments

 

 

2,860.4

 

 

4,324.8

Total Federally Collected Revenue

 

 

7,468.3

 

 

10,143.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ZONE-BY-ZONE

 

 

Full Year 

 

 

 

SOUTH-WEST

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lagos

129.7

365.2

494.9

  133.9

399.4

533.3

Ogun

135.9

50.1

186.0

114.6

32.0

146.6

Ondo

171.1

37.5

208.6

 115.8

68.9

224.7

Oyo

248.2

41.8

290.0

226.7

61.5

288.3

Total SW

684.9

494.6

1179.5

591.0

561.8

1192.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOUTH-EAST

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anambra

199.3

64.3

263.6

181.3

281.8

463.1

Imo

229.3

51.0

280.3

195.6

90.0

285.6

Total SE

428.6

115.3

543.9

376.9

371.8

748.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOUTH-SOUTH

 

 

 

 

 

 

CrossRiver

198.0

27.5

225.5

175.4

40.8

216.2

Bendel

309.0

32.4

341.4

232.2

44.2

276.3

Rivers

300.7

53.2

353.9

226.2

0

0

Total SS

807.7

113.1

920.8

633.8

85

492.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NORTH-WEST

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kaduna

222.1

37.4

259.5

197.6

45.6

243.6

Kano

260.1

50.3

310.4

248.0

38.1

286.1

Sokoto

239.3

73.7

313.0

206.8

26.5

233.3

Total NW

721.5

161.4

882.9

652.4

110.2

763

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NORTH-EAST

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bauchi  

170.8

20.1

190.9

143.6

19.7

163.3

Borno  

206.2

0

206.2

163.9

55.7

219.7

Gongola

176.0

36.9

212.9

149.5

16.8

166.3

Total NE

553

57

610

457

92.2

549.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NORTH-CENTRAL (MIDDLE-BELT)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benue

173.3

46.7

220.2

145.6

26.5

172.1

Kwara  

156.5

16.5

173.0

120.3

23.1

143.4

Niger  

138.4

9.1

147.5

102.5

13.3

115.8

Plateau  

161.7

35.5

197.2

126.2

31.9

158.1

Total Middle-Belt

629.9

107.8

737.9

494.6

94.8

589.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total to States

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abuja FCT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

State

1983

 

1984

 

From Federation

Account

 

Others

Total

From Federation

Account

 

Others

Total

 

Million Naira

Million Naira

Million Naira

Million Naira

 Million Naira

Million Naira

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 SUMMARY

 

 

 

 

 

 

FGN Retained Revenue

 

 

6,594.6

 

 

7,811.9

Appropriations to States & Local Governments

 

 

4,216.8

 

 

3,926.6

Total Federally Collected Revenue

 

 

10,811.4

 

 

11,738.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ZONE-BY-ZONE

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOUTH-WEST

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lagos

 129.8

417.7

547.5

113.4

       296.3

      409.7

Ogun

 111.9

47.2

159.1

104.4

135.0

239.4

Ondo

152.3

108.7

261.0

119.2

82.3

201.5

Oyo

 220.4

57.3

277.7

198.2

201.4

399.6

Total SW

614.4

630.9

1,245.3

535.2

715.0

1250.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOUTH-EAST

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anambra

  178.8

167.4

346.2

157.0

106.0

263.0

Imo

197.3

123.0

320.3

151.1

114.4

265.5

Total SE

376.1

290.4

666.5

308.1

220.4

528.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOUTH-SOUTH

 

 

 

 

 

 

CrossRiver

172.5

54.8

227.3

154.3

61.6

215.9

Bendel

225.6

53.6

279.2

212.9

149.6

362.5

Rivers

?

?

?

 202.7

87.3

290.0

Total SS

398.1

108.4

506.5

569.9

298.5

868.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NORTH-WEST

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kaduna

 192.3

60.0

252.3

179.9

85.4

265.3

Kano

 240.2

52.4

292.6

228.2

92.4

320.6

Sokoto

 204.6

23.6

226.2

177.2

51.8

229.0

Total NW

637.1

136.0

771.1

585.3

229.6

814.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NORTH-EAST

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bauchi  

 140.1

29.2

346.2

126.5

35.2

161.7

Borno  

 159.1

57.5

216.6

147.0

42.3

189.3

Gongola

145.2

18.9

164.1

126.2

24.3

150.5

Total NE

  444.4

  105.6

  726.9

399.7

  101.8

  501.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NORTH-CENTRAL (MIDDLE-BELT)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benue

 144.2

28.0

172.2

123.8

34.4

158.2

Kwara  

 117.2

25.2

142.4

103.4

42.5

145.9

Niger  

101.1 

21.3

122.4

77.0

0

77.0

Plateau  

 125.9

25.1

151.0

96.6

36.7

133.3

Total Middle-Belt

  488.4

99.6

588.0

400.8

113.6

514.4