President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked Babatunde Fowler as the chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service(FIRS) and appointed a new person, Muhammad M. Nami, as Fowler’s successor, Igbere TV reports.
Igbere TV reports that Nami replaces Tunde Fowler whose tenure expired on Monday.
A statement by the president’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, said the president also approved the composition of the FIRS board.
The new FIRS boss is a tax consultant and graduate of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
“Mr Muhammad, a well-trained tax, accounting and management professional with highly rated qualifications and professional practice and licenses from relevant professional bodies, has almost three decades of practical working experience in auditing, tax management and advisory and management services to clients in the banking, manufacturing, services and public sectors as well as non-profit organisations,” the statement said.
