Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami, has relieved directors who have served eight years and above, of their duties.
Nami had succeeded Babatunde Fowler as FIRS boss in December of 2019.
In a memo he personally signed and which was dated 24th March, 2020, Nami wrote that “this is to formally notify you that the Board of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) at its emergency meeting N0 2 held on 20th March 2020, approved the retirement of all directors who have served eight years and above as directors in the service. In line with Para 10.1 (a) (iii) of HRPP.
We wish them well in their future endeavours.
The Board also gave its approval for the appointment of four (4) Coordinating Directors in Acting capacity and two (2) Group Leads for six (months) as follows:
a..Coordinating Directors in Acting capacity
Dr. Asheikh Maidugu CD/Executive Chairman’s Group
Dr. Olufemi Oladeji Oluwaniyi CD/Tax Operations Group
Mr. Innocent Chinyere Ohagwa CD/General Services Group
Mr. Ezra Usman Zubairu CD/Enforcement Support Group
b..Group Leads
Mrs. Faosat Oguniyi Compliance Support Group
Ms Chiaka Okoye Digital Support Group
We congratulate them and enjoin staff to continue to work hard and support management towards meeting and surpassing our revenue targets.