Our Present Revenue Allocation Formula Cannot Meet the Present Realities of our dear Nationn - Wike

The State Chief Executive, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike says the present Revenue Allocation Formula cannot meet the present realities of our dear nation and the social economic development of all levels of Government.

 Governor Wike made this assertion during the South –South Zonal Public Hearing on the Review of the Current Revenue Allocation Formula at Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt on Thursday, 7th October, 2021.

Speaking through his Deputy, Dr. Mrs. Ipalibo Harry Banigo, Governor Wike said “it is very clear to anyone who cares to know that the Federal Government is overburdened and overloaded and cannot efficiently deliver a Federal system as we envisage it in our Federation”.

According to the Governor, the States needs to be encouraged to be able to build up their own potentials, adding that It was all part of encouraging inclusiveness and encouraging a sense of belonging

The Governor further said “in Rivers state we are building ten overhead bridges because we envisage the future, it is futuristic, we have a city with so much traffic and these ten overhead bridges are a must, apart from the infrastructure that is going on in all our communities and 23 Local Government Areas.”

Governor Wike who noted that bridges, jetties and educational Institutions all fall under the laps of the States, called for the reduction of the allocation of the Federal Government and an increase of the allocation to the States and Local Governments, stressing that this is what equity is all about.lll97th October, 2021

Governor Wike who expressed delight that the commission had gone round and done sensitization, collected various data and indices, expressed the hope that all these would not be thrown away at the end of the day and prayed that the feelings and aspirations of the Nigerians of today would garner their efforts and bring it to fruition.

In his address the Chairman, Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, Engr. Elias N. Mbam disclosed that the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, (RMAFC) by virtue of Paragraph 32(b) Part 1 of the Third Schedule to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (As Amended) is empowered “to review from time to time the Revenue Allocation Formula and Principles in operation to ensure conformity with changing realities, provided that any Revenue Formula which had been accepted by an Act of the National Assembly shall remain in force for a period of not less than five years from the date of commencement of the Act”.


According to him, the Commission has embarked on the process of reviewing the existing Vertical Revenue Allocation Formula, adding that the review became necessary because a lot of socio- economic and political changes have taken place since the last review in 1992.


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