Bala’s government, 20 LGAs received N17 billion from FAAC in their first two months

Bauchi State government and the 20 local government councils in the state have received a total of seventeen billion five hundred and eighty seven million eight hundred and eighty four thousand six hundred and thirty six Naira sixteen Kobo (17, 587, 884,636.16) for the months of June and July, 2019 from the Federation Account Allocation Committee FAAC.

The figures were obtained from the website of Office of Accountant General of the Federation, which publishes monthly allocations to the federal government, the 36 states and the 774 local government councils across the country.

As at the time of filing this report, the Office of the Accountant General’s website only published figures for the months of June and July, while allocations for the months of August and September were yet to be put onto the website.

In arriving at the figure, WikkiTimes summed up the allocations to the state government for the two months under review, and painstakingly calculated the amount allocated to each of the 20 local governments over the same period.

Out of the seventeen billion five hundred and eighty seven million allocated to the two tiers in the state, the state government got the highest allocation of nine billion three hundred and forty five million seven hundred and ninety seven thousand three hundred and ninety Naira forty seven Kobo (N9,345,797,390.47).

This comprised of four billion four hundred and sixty eight million one hundred and seventy thousand eight hundred and forty eight Naira seventy five Kobo (4,468,170,848.75) for the month of June and four billion eight hundred and seventy seven million five hundred and thirty six thousand five hundred and forty one Naira seventy two Kobo (4,877,536,541.72) for the month of July.

On the other hand, the 20 local government councils got eight billion two hundred and forty two million eighty seven thousand two hundred and forty five Naira sixty nine Kobo (8, 242, 087, 245.69), being their total allocation for the two months under review.

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When disaggregated, the 20 LGAs received Three billion nine hundred and seventy one million three hundred and ninety eight thousand one hundred and thirty six Naira fourteen Kobo (N3,971,398,136.14) for the month of June and four billion two hundred and seventy million six hundred and eighty nine thousand  one hundred and nine Naira fifty five Kobo (N4, 270, 689, 109. 55) for July.

Allocation to each of the 20 LGAs for the two months