Nigeria govt revenue falls 21.5 pct in March due to oil outages

Nigeria's gross government revenue fell 21.5 percent to 315.04 billion naira ($2 billion) in March due to trunk and pipeline shutdowns and lower earnings from the non-oil sector, the accountant general said.

Accountant General of the Federation Jonah Otunla, told Journalists that Nigeria distributed a total 435.06 billion naira to local, state and federal government for the month of March compared with 522.05 billion naira shared in February.