Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fourth Alteration) Acts, 2017
Annotated alteration evidence — page 119
- Jurisdiction
- Nigeria
- Provision
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- Source language
- English
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- in force
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Official sourceAssembly shall take into account, the allocation principles especially
those of population, equality of States, internal revenue generation,
land mass, terrain as well as population density:
Provided that the principle of derivation shall be constantly reflected
in any approved formula as being not less than thirteen per cent of
the revenue accruing to the Federation Account directly from any
natural resources.
(3) Any amount standing to the credit of the Federation Account
shall be distributed among the Federal and State Governments
and the local government councils in each State on such terms and
in such manner as may be prescribed by the National Assembly.
(4) Any amount standing to the credit of the States in the Federation
Account shall be distributed among the States on such terms and in
such manner as may be prescribed by the National Assembly.
(5) The amount standing to the credit of local government councils
in the Federation Account shall also be allocated to the States for
the benefit of their local government councils on such terms and in
such manner as may be prescribed by the National Assembly.
(6) Each State shall maintain a special account to be called “the
State Joint Local Government Account” into which shall be paid all
allocations to the local government councils of the State from the
Federation Account and from the Government of the State.
(7) Each State shall pay to local government councils in its area of
jurisdiction such proportion of its total revenue on such terms and
in such manner as may be prescribed by the National Assembly.
(8) The amount standing to the credit of local government councils
of a State shall be distributed among the local government councils
of that State on such terms and in such manner as may be prescribed
by the House of Assembly of the State.
(9) Any amount standing to the credit of the judiciary in the
Federation Account shall be paid directly to the National Judicial
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