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FIRS Boss, Fowler Set To Lose Job In 4 Days' Time by joshcaleb200: 5:18pm On Dec 04, 2019 |
Barely five days to the end of the tenure of the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Babatunde Fowler, President Muhammadu Buhari has shown no sign of renewing his tenure even as investigations show that no fresh request had been sent to the Senate as of Tuesday. At the beginning of the legislative session at the Senate on Tuesday, there was no letter read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, conveying any request from President Buhari regarding Fowler. This is in sharp contrast with that of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, whose request for tenure renewal was sent by Buhari to the Senate three weeks before the end of his tenure. Fowler, who is a childhood friend and former classmate of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, was appointed as the Chairman of the FIRS on August 20, 2015 but was confirmed by the Senate on December 9, 2015 which means his tenure ends on December 8, 2019. The FIRS boss is said to have been lobbying the Senate and top Presidency officials in recent time in a bid to get a fresh appointment. Senate President Lawan was said to have secured 26 job slots for his constituents from FIRS even as a pro-transparency group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has asked anti-corruption agencies to probe the allegation. Fowler disclosed in January that the FIRS under his leadership generated its highest revenue ever in 2018 with a total sum of N5.3tn. He said the target for the year 2019 was N9tn. However, the FIRS chairman’s claims became a subject of debate in August when in a leaked memo emanating from the Office of President Buhari’s powerful Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, the FIRS boss was asked to explain a shortfall in revenue. In his response, Fowler blamed the drop in the price of crude oil and recession for the shortfall recorded in actual tax collections from 2015 to 2018. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, told The PUNCH that the President would have the final say. When asked if Fowler could be re-appointed even after the end of his tenure, Shehu said, “It’s the President that will decide when and what happens so we just have to wait.” Source: https://www.ogbeta.ng/2019/12/firs-boss-fowler-set-to-lose-job-in-4.html
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Re: FIRS Boss, Fowler Set To Lose Job In 4 Days' Time by joshcaleb200: 5:19pm On Dec 04, 2019 |
Lalasticlala |
Re: FIRS Boss, Fowler Set To Lose Job In 4 Days' Time by edo3(m): 5:21pm On Dec 04, 2019 |
This man don chop enof |
Re: FIRS Boss, Fowler Set To Lose Job In 4 Days' Time by joshcaleb200: 5:21pm On Dec 04, 2019 |
Ok seen ![]() |
Re: FIRS Boss, Fowler Set To Lose Job In 4 Days' Time by Abfinest007(m): 5:23pm On Dec 04, 2019 |
is this good news or bad news |
Re: FIRS Boss, Fowler Set To Lose Job In 4 Days' Time by ChiefOloye(m): 5:25pm On Dec 04, 2019 |
joshcaleb200: Why are you shouting "Lalasticlala" , to move bar parlour gossip and total falsehood to front-page or what? 1 Like |
Re: FIRS Boss, Fowler Set To Lose Job In 4 Days' Time by babyfaceafrica: 5:26pm On Dec 04, 2019 |
how is that our business? |
Re: FIRS Boss, Fowler Set To Lose Job In 4 Days' Time by Nobody: 5:27pm On Dec 04, 2019 |
He has nacked enough kpekus for 5 lifetimes. Let this man go and rest. Very few public officials in Nigeria's history have wasted public funds on hedonistic frivolities and wanton lechery like this man. Go to FIRS now and you can't count how many useless yellow slay queens that are working there, all courtesy of this idiot. If not that the APC has reduced the anti corruption crusade to a one sided joke, this man would spend the rest of his life in Kuje or Kirikiri. 3 Likes |
Re: FIRS Boss, Fowler Set To Lose Job In 4 Days' Time by clarocuzioo(m): 5:28pm On Dec 04, 2019 |
Fowler disclosed in January that the FIRS under his leadership generated its highest revenue ever in 2018 with a total sum of N5.3tn. Why is the government of the day still borrowing to fund the budget when we are supposed to be have excess for the budget? What is really going on in this administration and nobody seems to be asking questions? |
Re: FIRS Boss, Fowler Set To Lose Job In 4 Days' Time by greatdreamer(m): 6:01pm On Dec 04, 2019 |
No comment |
Re: FIRS Boss, Fowler Set To Lose Job In 4 Days' Time by Niaja4real(m): 6:36pm On Dec 04, 2019 |
joshcaleb200:Stealing gang |
Re: FIRS Boss, Fowler Set To Lose Job In 4 Days' Time by hisexcellency34: 7:26pm On Dec 04, 2019 |
Let him go. Appoint a reasonable Northerner there |
Re: FIRS Boss, Fowler Set To Lose Job In 4 Days' Time by BlackfireX: 8:15pm On Dec 04, 2019 |
See his face..... |
Re: FIRS Boss, Fowler Set To Lose Job In 4 Days' Time by Sirjamo: 8:22pm On Dec 04, 2019 |
clarocuzioo:Revenues are shared between the three tiers of government |
Re: FIRS Boss, Fowler Set To Lose Job In 4 Days' Time by Racoon(m): 8:36pm On Dec 04, 2019 |
Another aboki loading to take over.Systematic decimation of starboy foot soldiers still ongoing. 1 Like |
Re: FIRS Boss, Fowler Set To Lose Job In 4 Days' Time by Xisnin(m): 9:37pm On Dec 04, 2019 |
Hedonini: ![]() ![]() Did he snatch your girlfriend? |
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