The three levels of government finally received N $ 688.8 billion in allocation for the month of May, after many weeks of negotiations over the shortfall by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation.
This was made public by the director of information at the Ministry of Finance, Hassan Dodo confirmed the release of the fund in a statement released Friday in Abuja.
He said the fund had been released at all three levels of government while the reconciliation of underpayment of income was still ongoing.
The statement reads in part, "Due to a disagreement over remittances by income generating agencies, especially the NNPC, the revenue sharing for May 2018 that was due to be distributed in June 2018, was put in place. waiting.
"However, the urgent need to cushion the excessive hardship experienced by workers nationwide has made it necessary to distribute the May figures to the six levels of government, while efforts are intensified to address remittances. unsatisfactory. "
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