{"id":201732,"date":"2022-07-07T07:03:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T06:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=201732"},"modified":"2022-07-07T07:03:06","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T06:03:06","slug":"tough-time-ahead-as-governors-say-rising-subsidy-will-stop-states-from-paying-salaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/07\/07\/tough-time-ahead-as-governors-say-rising-subsidy-will-stop-states-from-paying-salaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Tough time ahead as governors say rising subsidy will stop states from paying salaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Nigeria Governors\u2019 Forum has decried that the subsidy on petroleum products, especially Premium Motor Spirit (petrol), has placed a huge financial burden on the states.<\/p>\n

This was made known by the NGF, which is the umbrella body for the 36 governors of the federation across party lines in a memo forwarded to the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n

The memo is in response to the call for memoranda by the House\u2019 Ad Hoc Committee on the Volume of Fuel Consumed Daily in Nigeria, which is investigating the actual amount of PMS the country consumes daily.<\/p>\n

The memo, which was signed by the Head, Legislative Liaison, Peace and Security, NGF, Fatima Usman Katsina, for Chairman of the Forum, was titled \u2018Findings on the Volume of Fuel Consumed Daily in Nigeria,\u2019 dated July 1, 2022, and addressed to committee\u2019s Chairman, Abdulkadir Abdullahi.<\/p>\n

The governors referred the House to a November 2021 report by its National Executive Council\u2019s ad hoc committee interfacing with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation on the appropriate pricing of PMS in Nigeria, which was chaired by Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, and had governors of Edo, Jigawa, Ebonyi, Akwa Ibom and Ekiti, as well as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria; Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning; Accountant-General of the Federation, Group Managing Director of the NNPC and the Permanent Secretary, MBNP.<\/p>\n

The memo partly read, \u201cAlthough the operating environment has significantly worsened since the report was released, with NNPC now consistently reporting zero remittance to the Federation Accountant as profit from joint venture, production sharing contract and miscellaneous operations, the position of the forum remains generally the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NGF recalled how the report noted that the \u201cfederation (FAAC<\/a>) net oil & gas revenues have been declining since 2019 and are projected to decline significantly in 2022 by between N3bn and up to N4.4bn unless action is taken now.\u201d The memo read, \u201cThe following are some of the major findings relating to the volume of fuel consumed in the country:<\/p>\n

\u201cRemittances to the Federation Account Allocation Committee have continued to shrink as NNPC recovers shortfall quite arbitrarily from the Federation\u2019s crude oil sales revenue. FAAC deductions for PMS subsidy are above 2019 levels, even without adjusting for reduced purchasing power of the naira due to inflation and FX rate deterioration.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn analysis of the average monthly PMS consumption by states showed that a third of the country accounts for over 65 per cent consumption of PMS. The analysis showed that the following States of Lagos, Oyo, Ogun, Abuja, Delta, Kano, Kwara, Edo, Rivers, Kaduna, Kebbi and Adamawa accounted for 65 per cent of PMS consumption in the country. Most states with high PMS consumption either have borders with neighbouring countries or are in close proximity, this has been an avenue for smugglers to benefit from profitable arbitrage opportunities in PMS pricing.<\/p>\n

\u201cHouseholds directly consume only about 25 per cent of the PMS that is consumed nationally, with the remaining three-quarters being consumed by firms, MDAs, transport operators or smuggled to neighbouring countries where the PMS price is nearly three times what it is in Nigeria; and of the PMS consumed by households, the richest 40 per cent of households account for over three-quarters of the PMS purchased by households, while the poorest 40 per cent of households purchased less than 3 per cent of all PMS sold in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the current fiscal regime, remittances to FAAC would continue to shrink as NNPC recovers this shortfall from the Federation as a result of crude oil price recovery. The report recommended a PMS pricing structure that addresses regional arbitrage and smuggling of PMS and provides additional revenue to the Federation Account. There is a significant market opportunity for additional export revenue streams for Nigeria to be had given the price parity with our neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrivatisation of the three government refineries as is, or after their full rehabilitation if affordable and viable, and expediting the licensing procedure for modular refineries will reduce the recurring government expenditure on refinery maintenance and increase the country\u2019s refining capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n

The governors also noted that there were also economic risks highlighted in the report. \u201cFiscal pressures are threatening Nigeria\u2019s recovery, as rising prices continue to push millions into poverty,\u201d they stated.<\/p>\n

The memo further read, \u201cRising prices are pushing millions of Nigerians into poverty. Rising inflation between 2020 and 2021 is expected to have pushed an additional 5-6 million Nigerians into poverty. Food insecurity is increasing in both poor and non-poor households, with some adults skipping meals. Because inflation is high, even if it remains stable, it will continue to push many more Nigerians into poverty.<\/p>\n

\u201cFiscal pressures are growing unsustainably with the PMS subsidy significantly reducing the flow of revenues into the Federation Account. Thirty-five out of 36 states are likely to see transfers from the federation fall (in nominal terms) between 2021 and 2022, with the average decline projected to be about 11 per cent. Most states are already experiencing fiscal stress, with 30 out of 36 states recording fiscal deficits in 2020, including Lagos and every oil-producing state except Akwa Ibom.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the projected decline in gross distributable federation revenues in 2022, fiscal deficits and debt burdens will grow even larger and faster. This will mean that transfers from the federation will not be enough to cover even salaries, and certainly not recurrent costs, which are growing in nominal terms.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the coming into effect of the Petroleum Industry Act, gross oil & gas revenues could be (much) lower than currently projected because of the new fiscal terms and the earmarking of deductible revenues specified in the PIA, and that could reduce net oil & gas revenues even further.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NGF stated that greater accountability and transparency around oil and gas revenues \u201care the only immediate options for easing the pressure on government finances and maximising socially responsible profit gain.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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