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Newly appointed Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue System, Nigeria's official tax-collecting agency, Babatunde Fowler, is running the agency aground, business site Nairametrics has reported:
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Information reaching Nairametrics about activities at the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), suggests that the new chairman of the Federal tax agency Babatunde Fowler may be causing more harm than good since he assumed office last year.
Interviews with a number of FIRS insiders and top officials indicate that Fowler is “way out of his league and alienating the professional internal staff at the FIRS”.
Some accusations leveled against Fowler are that the chairman has hired mostly incompetent consultants from outside the agency to do the work of FIRS staff. This is not uncommon as it was a similar model used by prior FIRS Chairmen, only that most of the consultants are said to have little or no tax experience.
“Morale has really gone down among staff,” one insider told Nairametrics. “Most of these outsiders hired have been placed above career FIRS staff.”
Nairametrics gathered that most of the consultants hired have been leapfrogged over internal professional staff and placed at senior positions as Directors which is naturally breeding discontent.
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Excerpts:
Information reaching Nairametrics about activities at the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), suggests that the new chairman of the Federal tax agency Babatunde Fowler may be causing more harm than good since he assumed office last year.
Interviews with a number of FIRS insiders and top officials indicate that Fowler is “way out of his league and alienating the professional internal staff at the FIRS”.
Some accusations leveled against Fowler are that the chairman has hired mostly incompetent consultants from outside the agency to do the work of FIRS staff. This is not uncommon as it was a similar model used by prior FIRS Chairmen, only that most of the consultants are said to have little or no tax experience.
“Morale has really gone down among staff,” one insider told Nairametrics. “Most of these outsiders hired have been placed above career FIRS staff.”
Nairametrics gathered that most of the consultants hired have been leapfrogged over internal professional staff and placed at senior positions as Directors which is naturally breeding discontent.
Read full report
