‘Banks Collected N370.6bn Stamp Duty, Not N89trn In 7 Years’ StampDuty
“Out of that, FIRS has disbursed through FAAC N226,451,720,158.88 billion. And the balance in the account in CBN is N144,234,595,346.40 billion,” he stated. Mr Emefiele disclosed that First Bank Plc recorded the highest collection of N71.6 billion in seven years.”Emefiele said CBN had to contact the banks to provide details of how much they have collected from stamp duty from 2016 to date. “The report you have in CBN is this: that stamp duty collected to date is N370, 686,315,505.28 billion.
“If there is any uncollected stamp duty money, we will force the banks to pay,” Emefiele assured while stating that his team at the apex bank will make sure every money raised from stamp duty is remitted to the federation account for the purpose of accountability. “Stamp duty is about public accountability. That also means we owe Nigerians about the true situation of how much has been collected or not collected.
“I don’t understand how the central bank that started forcing the banks in 2016 to collect stamp duty because we feel it’s a source of revenue for the country, how that same central bank can begin to withhold N89 trillion. It beats our imagination that those kinds of arguments can come up. “N89 trillion is so large. The total assets of the banking industry today is about N71.5 trillion. The total deposit of the banking system today is N44.498 trillion. So, how then is it possible that stamp duty which is N89 trillion that is twice the deposit of banks, how possible is that? I truly don’t understand. I just don’t understand,” he stated.
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