Reality TV star, Natasha Akide, popularly known as Tacha, has urged Nigerians to stop blaming only President Bola Tinubu for the country’s problems and to also question the actions of governors, lawmakers, and local government chairmen.
In a video posted on social media, Tacha pointed to the recent Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) disbursement of ₦2.2 trillion to federal, state, and local governments.
She stressed that huge sums of money, including ₦44 billion for a single local government chairman, are being shared but often mismanaged.
“₦44 billion — I didn’t say million — has been disbursed to a local government chairman. Watch how they’ll do absolutely nothing with it, because at the end of the day Nigerians will still come out and drag Tinubu and the presidency,” she said.
Tacha added that public anger is usually focused on the president or Lagos State, which she described as one of the best performing states, while grassroots leaders escape scrutiny despite failing to deliver on their responsibilities.
She said:
“It looks like Nigerians only like to drag two people in this country. Every Nigerian believes their problem is Tinubu. But even at the level of a local government chairman, they have many responsibilities they are ignoring.
“Money has been given to your governors, your local government chairmen, your House of Reps members, your senators. Hold them by the neck and demand results. If Nigerians start dragging these people individually, the country will change.”
Last week, the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) announced the disbursement of N2.22 trillion to the three tiers of government as revenue allocation for August 2025.
The allocation, which was drawn from a gross revenue of N3.63 trillion, was disclosed in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Ministry of Finance following the committee’s meeting in Abuja in September.
The session was chaired by Wale Edun, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy.
According to the statement, from the allocation inclusive of gross statutory revenue, value-added tax (VAT), electronic money transfer levy (EMTL), and exchange difference, the federal government received N810.05 billion, the states received N709.83 billion, and local governments shared N522.23 billion.
FAAC said oil-producing states received N183.01 billion as 13 per cent derivation.
The committee also said N124.84 billion was set aside as the cost of collection, while N1.28 trillion went into transfers, interventions and refunds.
The communique further said the gross revenue available from the VAT for August was N722.61 billion, as against N687.94 billion distributed in the preceding month, resulting in an increase of N34.67 billion.
“From that amount, the sum of N28.905 Billion was allocated for the cost of collection and the sum of N20.811 Billion given for Transfers, Intervention and Refunds,” FAAC said.
FG receives N100.93 billion
From the distributable revenue, the federal government got N100.93 billion, states received N336.45 billion and local governments got N235.51 billion.
Also, the committee said gross statutory revenue of N2.83 trillion received for the month was lower than the sum of N3.07 trillion received in the previous month by N231.91 billion.
From the amount, the sum of N94.58 billion was allocated for the cost of collection and a total sum of N1.26 trillion for transfers, intervention and refunds.
Out of the remaining balance of N1.47 trillion, the federal government received N684.46 billion, states got N347.16 billion, and local governments received N267.65 billion, while N179.31 billion was given to oil-producing states as 13 per cent derivation revenue.
FAAC said that from the EMT of N33.68 billion, the federal government received N4.85 billion, states got N16.16 billion, local governments received N11.31 billion, while N1.34 billion was allocated for the cost of collection.
The communique also said that N41.28 billion from exchange differences was distributed to the federal government (N19.79 billion), states (N10.04 billion), and the LGAs (N7.74 billion), while the oil-producing states received N3.70 billion.
In addition, FAAC said oil and gas royalty, VAT and CET levies increased significantly, while petroleum profit tax (PPT), import duty, EMTL, companies’ income tax (CIT) and excise duty recorded decreases.
According to the Communique, the total revenue distributable for the month of August 2025 was drawn from statutory revenue of N1.47 trillion, VAT of N672.90 billion, N32.33 billion EMTL, and the sum of N41.28 billion from exchange difference, bringing the total distributable amount for the month to N2.22 trillion.