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FAAC may share N700bn in August -FDC

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) may be in position to share about N700 billion for August and this will be the highest shared in the last 30 months. Analysts at Financial Derivatives Company (FDC) Limited gave the projection.

The Chief Executive Officer of FDC, Mr. Bismarck Rewane has said and he attributed the rise to partially improved tax collection and exchange rate gains. He added that increased exchange rate gains reached highest level in 18 months.

It would be recalled that allocation began to show remarkable increase in July as N559 billion was shared, representing an increase of 83.2 per cent over the previous month. FAAC allocation in June was N305.12 billion. The increased spending also helped activate shipping activities during the month. He explained.

Rewane explained further that because there were more ships in Lagos as a result of increased spending. He said ships awaiting berth increased to 45 in July. He added that ships awaiting berth are expected to increase to 50 in August, “boosted by budget implementation and flexible exchange rate”.

“Higher international trade activity, forex availability and settlement of backlogs were also responsible, ‘he said.

 

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