USA Africa Dialogue Series - 13% derivation: Oil communities demand accountability from Governors.

My People:

Now we are talking....the 2013 Budgets for the six South-South states is about N2 trillion.

Bolaji Aluko

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STATE BUDGETS  - Source: http://www.nigerianmuse.com/20121230074706zg/sections/general-articles/budget-2013-roundup-by-states-ekiti/

SOUTH – SOUTH STATES:  2013 BUDGETS

S/N	State	2006 Census	Capital (billion)	Recurrent (billion)	Total (billion)	Capital/ Recurrent Ratio	Capital/ Total
1	Akwa Ibom	3,920,208	304.515	118.790	459.305	2.563	66.300
2	Bayelsa	1,703,358	152.695	133.235	285.930	1.146	53.403
3	Cross River	2,888,966	80.230	71.146	151.376	1.128	53.000
4	Delta	4,098,391	252.370	145.940	398.310	1.729	63.360
5	Edo	3,218,332	87.409	62.638	150.047	1.395	58.254
6	Rivers	4,676,465	314.300	176.020	490.320	1.786	64.101
	TOTAL	20,505,720	1,191.519	707.769	1,935.288	1.683	61.568

 

SOUTH-WEST STATES: 2013 BUDGETS

S/N	State	2006 Census	Capital (billion)	Recurrent (billion)	Total (billion)	Capital/ Recurrent Ratio	Capital/ Total
1	Ekiti	2,384,212	47.201	46.416	93.617	1.017	50.419
2	Lagos	9,013,534	268.364	228.913	497.277	1.172	53.967
3	Ogun	3,728,098	118.23	93.63	211.86	1.263	55.806
4	Ondo	3,441,024	77.650	73.350	151.00	1.059	51.424
	Sub-total	18,566,868	511.445	442.309	953.754	1.156	53.624
5	Oyo	5,591,589	???	???	???	???	???
6	Osun	3,423,535	???	???	???	???	???
	TOTAL	27,581,992	???	???	???	???	???

 

SOUTH-EAST STATES: 2013 BUDGETS

S/N	State	2006 Census	Capital	Recurrent	Total	Capital/ Recurrent Ratio	Capital/ Total
1	Abia	2,833,999	66.327	67.820	134.147	0.978	49.444
2	Anambra	4,182,032	70.895	39.995	110.890	1.773	63.933
3	Ebonyi	2,173,501	63.610	35.760	104.37	1.779	60.947
4	Enugu	3,257,298	37.090	45.842	82.932	0.809	44.723
5	Imo	3,934,899	132.183	63.560	195.743	2.080	67.529
	TOTAL	16,381,729	370.105	252.977	628.082	1.463	58.926

PUNCH

13% derivation: Oil communities demand accountability from govs

JANUARY 6, 2013 BY ALLWELL OKPI 1 COMMENT

Oil producing communities in the Niger Delta area have asked governors of states in the region to give account of the 13 per cent derivation fund that is paid monthly into the state accounts.

The communities had lamented they had little or nothing to show for the N7.282trn the state governments collected in the past 13 years.

The President of the Ijaw National Congress, Joshua Benamaisia, told SUNDAY PUNCH that they want the governments to separate the fund from their regular monthly allocation.

He said, "The state governors should tell us what projects they have used the derivation fund for. We are even saying that the 13 per cent is not enough. The constitution says at least 13 per cent. That means we can get as much as 90 per cent. But the fund is not meant for the development of only the state capital. It is for the communities where the oil is taken from.

"The fact is that 99 per cent of the oil communities are not developed. They don't even have roads. The money does not get to them. It gets to the state and ends with the state."

Benamaisia supported the call for a board that will directly receive and administer the derivation fund for the benefit of the communities affected by oil exploration and exploitation.

He said, "In managing the derivation fund, I think the states should also be involved. They should set up committees with representatives from these communities. And there should be master plans for developing these communities, which would be tied to the derivation fund.

Similarly, the Chairman, Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People Provisional Council, Prof. Ben Naanen, said Ogoni people were also demanding that the derivation fund be paid directly to the oil communities.

"The state governments have failed to use the funds to develop the communities. So, we demand that another structure should be established," he said.

 Oil communities, in a letter signed by elders from six oil producing states – Edo, Ondo, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Delta and Bayelsa states – had last week petitioned the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, to stop payment of the 13 per cent derivation fund to states accounts.

They proposed that a derivation board should be established to administer the fund and suggested that it should be comprised of an executive chairman, secretary and a member from RMAFC.  

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