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Revenue allocation formula legal – RMAFC

The Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has insisted that the revenue allocation formula currently in operation is legal. This followed recent media reports…

The Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has insisted that the revenue allocation formula currently in operation is legal. This followed recent media reports where it was alleged that the current revenue allocation formula is illegal on the grounds that it was never submitted to the National Assembly by Mr. President.

According to a statement signed by Mr. Ibrahim Mohammed, RMAFC’s spokesperson, the Commission recalled that the first Revenue Allocation Formula duly passed by the NASS was in 1982 during the Second Republic of former President Shehu Shagari. After the military take-over, the Act was amended by Decree No 106 of 1992 which continued to operate up to 1999. It is instructive to note that with the return of democratic rule in 1999, all laws were considered as existing laws as provided for by Section 313 of the 1999 Constitution and therefore Acts of National Assembly which apply to the extent that they conform to the provisions of the Constitution.

Following the Supreme Court ruling in AGF vs Abia and 36 others which voided some of the provisions of CAP 16 as (amended), Mr. President as the relevant authority invoked his power under the provision of section 315 Sub Sections 1 and 4 to issue the Modification Order to bring the voided provisions into conformity with the provisions of the 1999 constitution. 

Consequently, the President and the Governors met and resolved some grey areas in the provision of the Modification Order, hence the implementation directives released by the Minister of Finance on 15th January, 2004 which is the formula currently in operation.

Following this development, the Commission prepared another revenue Allocation Formula Report in December 2013 which was duly communicated to former President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan in January, 2014. However, the Commission was not granted audience to submit its recommendations to President Jonathan up to the end of his tenure in May, 2015. The current administration has also been informed of this development.

 

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