Buhari queries FIRS chief Fowler over worsening revenue collection

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The president said he 'observed significant variances between the budgeted collections and actual collections for the period 2015 to 2018.'

, Babatunde Fowler, over worsening tax collection since 2015.

In the query stamp-dated August 8, by the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, said the presidency “observed significant variances between the budgeted collections and actual collections for the period 2015 to 2018.”showed that since 2015, the FIRS under Mr Fowler has not been able to meet collection targets, a different trend from the preceding years.

Mr Fowler was appointed FIRS boss in 2015, the year Mr Buhari was elected president. He succeeded Samuel Odugbesan appointed by former President Goodluck Jonathan.Analysis of Nigeria’s tax statistics showed that before Mr Buhari and Mr Fowler came in 2015, the only year FIRS could not meet its collection target was 2006 since the year 2000.

 

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