The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has commended the statutory allocation of N3,646,064,335,59 billion for distribution to the six area councils in the FCT.
This comes as the FCTA begins disbursing the statutory allocation for the month of December, 2020 to the councils.
FCT Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory Ramatu Aliyu, who presided over the 149th Joint Area Councils Allocation Committee (JAAC), described the December 2020 allocation as a great improvement, adding that it was over N1 billion above the previous allocations to the councils.
Out of this figure, N2,006,901,374,.33 billion was made available for distribution to the six area councils, while N1,639,162,961.26 billion was made available to other stakeholders, bringing the total to N3,646,064,335.59 billion.
The figure also shows that Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) received N376, 845,610.67 million, while Gwagwalada got N375, 357,514.94 million and Kuje received N306, 910, 121.89 million. Similarly, Bwari Area Council received N306, 921, 357.38 million, Abaji got N329, 730, 556.69 million and Kwali received N311, 136, 212.76 million.
Furthermore, distribution to other stakeholders include Primary Teachers which gulped N1,268, 373, 922.70 billion, 15 per cent Pension Funds took N226, 478, 989.57 million, one per cent Training Fund gulped N36, 460, 643.36 million and 10 per cent Employer Pension Contribution gulped N107, 849, 405.63 million.
