RMAFC reopens verification of disputed oil and gas wells for derivation sharing
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What happened
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission announced that it had set aside an earlier draft on oil and gas well enumeration and restarted verification of disputed and newly drilled wells tied to the constitutional 13 percent derivation formula for oil-producing states.
Why it matters
A new verification exercise can change the basis for intergovernmental transfers to affected states and can delay or reshape settlement of competing claims over oil and gas wells. It also reopens the administrative chain linking well data, state attribution, and Federation Account revenue distribution.
Nigeria's Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission said on September 18 that it had discarded an earlier draft and reopened verification of disputed and newly drilled oil and gas wells used to calculate the 13 percent derivation paid to oil-producing states. The move reopens a politically sensitive revenue-sharing file that can alter state-by-state allocations from Federation Account revenues. It also creates a near-term coordination issue for the Ministry of Finance, the federation accounts process, and oil-producing states likely to press or contest the review.
Watch for
RMAFC publication of a verification timetable or fieldwork protocol for disputed and newly drilled wells by 2026-09-22 NUPRC release or confirmation of well-attribution data requested by RMAFC by 2026-09-22 Federal Ministry of Finance statement on whether FAAC distributions will use the existing derivation basis pending the new verification by 2026-09-23 Formal filing or communique from an oil-producing state government contesting or supporting the reopened verification by 2026-09-23
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