Senate confirms Zaccheus Adedeji as FIRS chairman

The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Zack Adedeji as the chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).

He was confirmed after the screening exercise held on Tuesday in Abuja.

President Bola Tinubu nominated Adedeji as the FIRS chairman on September 15.

In his address to the lawmakers, the new FIRS chairman said he would improve the agency’s data mining capacity to make appropriate tax decisions.

READ ALSO: Reps committee summons FIRS chairman over alleged tax evasion by oil firms

He also promised to look into the Federal Government’s tax credit scheme which grants some companies tax holidays in exchange for the provision of infrastructure.

Adedeji blamed revenue leakages on a lack of data on the finances of local and foreign companies operating in the country.

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now