{"id":84834,"date":"2021-09-21T08:25:33","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T07:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=84834"},"modified":"2021-09-21T08:25:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T07:25:33","slug":"okowa-to-national-assembly-give-independence-to-rfmac-on-equitable-revenue-allocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/21\/okowa-to-national-assembly-give-independence-to-rfmac-on-equitable-revenue-allocation\/","title":{"rendered":"Okowa to National assembly: Give independence to RFMAC on equitable revenue allocation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Delta state, Ifeanyi Okowa has called on the national assembly to amend the 1999 constitution to include the &#8216;independence&#8217; of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).<\/p>\n<p>This call was made on Monday by the governor in<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Asaba at a nationwide sensitisation on the existing revenue allocation formula.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to him, the current practice where recommendations of the commission are presented to the president has led to the non-review of the revenue allocation formula since 1992.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cFor quite some time, a lot of talks have gone on in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/14\/rivers-govt-drags-fg-to-supreme-court-over-vat-revenue\/\">revenue<\/a> allocation, and it\u2019s very unfortunate that we are still operating a revenue allocation formula that was actually reviewed in 1992,\u201d NAN quoted Okowa to have said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cAs we look forward to a new revenue allocation formula, we hope that you come out with something that is fair, justifiable and equitable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cBut, the challenge is that when you have done all this work, you are going to eventually, by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, lay this before the president and the president ought to lay it before the national assembly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThere is a challenge there and there has always been a challenge there, because what is there in our laws that will ensure that the president lays the recommendations of RMAFC before the national assembly?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWe hope that the national assembly takes a look at this amendment because RMAFC is supposed to be an independent commission, a commission on behalf of all federating units and component parts of the federation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThey cannot tie your hands; the constitution ought to be amended to enable the chairman of RMAFC to directly lay before the national assembly whatever review it has come up with so that nobody stands it down.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Okowa said the national assembly must do what is right, adding that a federation must operate according to the \u201cprinciple of justice and fairness.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe independence of the RMAFC must be entrenched in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and they must ensure that this aspect of the constitution is reviewed to ensure that the RMAFC chairman lays its report directly to the national assembly,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cEfforts of the commission can be in vain if the president fails to lay the report before the national assembly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cNo matter how much we propose and no matter how our good intentions tend to be, there is a challenge on the execution of the revenue formula as it ought to be because of limitations in the constitution of the country. 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