…Receives N95.14bn FAAC Allocation in Two Months

By Samuel Oyadongha & Emem Idio

The Bayelsa State Government says it spent a total of N26.1 billion on salary-related obligations in April and May 2026, while receiving N95.14 billion from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) during the same period.

The Technical Adviser on Treasury and Accounts, Chief Timipre Seipulo, disclosed this during the state’s Transparency Briefing for April and May 2026 in Yenagoa.

Providing a breakdown of the salary-related expenditures, Seipulo said civil servants’ salaries stood at N7.74 billion in April and N7.78 billion in May, while political appointees received N1.95 billion and N1.97 billion, respectively, during the two months.

Other salary-related payments included salary arrears, gratuities, pension arrears, grants to tertiary institutions, salary support to local government councils for the payment of primary school teachers, allowances for National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members and minimum wage arrears.

According to him, total salary-related payments amounted to N13 billion in April and N13.1 billion in May, bringing the cumulative expenditure for both months to N26.1 billion.

Seipulo also explained that the state received a gross FAAC inflow of N42.33 billion in April. The allocation comprised N27.27 billion from derivation revenue, N7.48 billion from statutory allocation, N6.33 billion from Value Added Tax (VAT) and N1.24 billion from non-oil revenue.

In May, Bayelsa recorded a gross FAAC inflow of N52.81 billion, consisting of N34.41 billion from derivation revenue, N9.9 billion from VAT, N6.9 billion from statutory allocation and N1.6 billion from non-oil revenue.

Combined, the state received N95.14 billion from FAAC in the two-month period.

Speaking at the briefing, the Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Mrs. Ebiouwou Koku-Obiyai, reaffirmed the administration’s commitment to transparency and accountability, stressing that citizens have a right to know how public resources are managed.

She said the government remained focused on delivering critical infrastructure projects across the state, including the Nembe-Brass Road, Ekelemo-Agge Road, the nine-storey secretariat complex and the Olympic-sized stadium at Igbogene.