The Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr Tunde Fowler, has said that the organisation received more than 700,000 applications from the recent job advert it placed.

Fowler made this known on Wednesday in Abuja
when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petition.

The FIRS boss’ appearance at the lower chamber
followed a petition from some applicants, who
claimed to have been excluded from the employment processes.

The Service had invited applications for various
positions in series of adverts placed in some
national dailies.

Fowler said that out of the 700,000 applicants
more than 2,000 had first class degrees in various
disciplines and were qualified to be engage by the
Service.

He said that FIRS would recruit only 500 people,
adding that the exercise was designed to increase
manpower for tax revenue collection and expand
the country’s revenue base.

He assured that the organisation would ensure
fairness and due process in the recruitment
process.

“We have secured waiver and endorsement from
the Federal Character Commission in order to
ensure that the right thing is done.’’

In his remarks, Chairman of the house
committee, Mr Nkem Abonta, directed Fowler to
submit to the committee the service’s nominal
roll to assist it in arriving at a decision.

Source: Vanguard Newspaper.

Heare the interview with Fowler