Buhari Sends 13-Man FIRS Board List To Senate For Confirmation

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a thirteen-man list of chairman and board members of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to the Nigerian Senate for confirmation.

This came after the presidency announced Buhari’s appointment of Muhammad Nami as the new chairman of FIRS following the expiration of the tenure of the erstwhile chairman, Babatunde Fowler, on Monday.

Fowler, according to a memo in circulation on social media, had lobbied the president for tenure renewal after serving his first four years as chairman of the agency but was turned down.

Senate President, Ahamad Lawan, read Buhari’s letter which contained the nomination of the new chairman and members of the FIRS board on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday.

Buhari requested Senate’s confirmation of the appointees in line with  Section 3(2) of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (Establishment) Act, 2007.

Members and representatives of geopolitical zones appointed are James Yakwen Ayuba – Member (North Central); Ado Danjuma – Member (North West) and Adam Baba Mohammad – Member (North East).

Others are A. Ikeme Osakwe – Member (South East); Adewale Ogunyomade – Member (South West) and Ehile Adetola Aigbangbee – Member (South South).

Representatives of MDAs are Ladidi Bara’atu Mohammad – Member, Attorney-General of the Federation; Godwin Emefiele – Member, Central Bank of Nigeria; Fatima Hayatu, Member – Ministry of Finance and Maagbe Adaa – Member, Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission

Others are Umar Ajiya – Member Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation; DCG T.M lsah – Member Nigerian Customs Service and Registrar General – Member Corporate Affairs Commission.