The Nigeria Labour Congress and private sector stakeholders criticized governments at all levels for deteriorating living conditions, deteriorating infrastructure, and growing insecurity.
The Federation Account Allocation Committee has earlier given the Nigeria’s three tiers of government a total of N10.45 tn between January and May 2026, a 25.85 percent increase from the N8.30 tn distributed during the same period in 2025.
According to an analysis by The PUNCH, ABNTV reports that the allocations to the federal government, 36 states, the Federal Capital Territory, and 774 local government areas were distributed from the gross government revenue of N13.76 trillion realized during the period, up by 4.32 percent from N13.19 trillion recorded in the first five months of 2025.
The increase in distributable revenue occurred amid stronger value-added tax collections, higher oil-related tax receipts, and an aggressive drive by the Nigeria Revenue Service to achieve its revenue target of approximately N40 trillion for the federation.
Analysis of FAAC data in 2026 showed that the federal government received N3.72 trillion from the five-month allocation, while state governments got N3.56 trillion. Local governments received N2.51tn, while the 13 oil-producing states shared N673.17bn as derivation revenue.
A breakdown of monthly allocations showed that the amount shared rose from N1.96tn in January 2026 to N2.30tn in May 2026.
Month-on-month, allocations declined by 3.37 per cent in February to N1.89tn, then rebounded by 7.50 per cent to N2.04tn in March. The distributable pool increased further by 10.85 percent in April to N2.26 trillion and rose by another 1.91 percent in May to N2.30 trillion.
Compared with the corresponding months of 2025, the January 2026 allocation increased by 15.09 percent from N1.70 tn to N1.96 tn. February rose by 12.87 per cent from N1.68tn to N1.89tn, while March jumped by 28.86 per cent from N1.58tn to N2.04tn.
April recorded a 34.35 percent increase from N1.68tn to N2.26tn, while May rose by 38.55 percent from N1.66tn to N2.30tn, indicating stronger revenue mobilization as the year progressed.
Gross government revenue also climbed steadily. It stood at N2.59tn in January, declined to N2.23tn in February, before rising to N2.36tn in March, N3.18tn in April, and N3.40tn in May.
The Federal Government emerged as the largest beneficiary of the five-month allocation with N3.72 trillion, exceeding the total allocation to local governments by N1.21 trillion, or 48.2 percent. State governments received N3.56 trillion, which was N1.05 trillion, or 41.8 percent higher than the N2.51 trillion allocated to local councils.
The gap between the federal government and states remained relatively narrow, with the federal government receiving N160.71 bn more than states during the period, representing about 4.5 percent.
