BREAKING: Akpabio-Led Senate Confirms Another Tinubu's Appointee
- The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Zacch Adedeji as the chairman of the FIRS
- Adedeji has been in the acting position of the FIRS after President Bola Tinubu announced his appointment and sacked Muhammed Nami, who ex-president Muhammadu Buhari appointed
- During the screening, Adedeji vowed to improve the data capacity of the tax agency to enhance appropriate revenue generation
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FCT, Abuja - The Godswill Akpabio-led Senate has confirmed President Bola Tinubu's nominee for the chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacchaeus Adedeji, on Tuesday, October 31.
Adedeji's confirmation followed a decision of the majority of the senators. He was earlier screened during a plenary in Abuja, The Nation reported.
Source: Twitter
Adedeji promised digitalised operation of FIRS
During the screening, the acting chairman of the FIRS vowed to improve the capacity of the data mining of the revenue agency so that appropriate tax decisions can be made.
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President Tinubu has sacked Muhammad Nami, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) chairman appointed by the immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari.
The president subsequently appointed Zacchaeus Adedeji, his special adviser on revenue, as the acting chairman of the tax agency, a tweet by the presidency revealed.
Who is Zacch Adedeji, the FIRS chairman?
Adedeji was a former commissioner of finance under the late governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, a position he held at the age of 33.
Nami, whose tenure was expected to end in December 2023, has been asked to embark on a retirement leave, while Adedeji will act as the commission's acting chairman.
Adedeji is a certified accountant from the Iwo-Ate area of Ogo-Oluwa local government in Oyo State. He recently bagged his doctorate from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, in Osun state.
Nami was one of the appointees of former President Buhari that Tinubu would sack in less than four months after he resumed office.
"We have nothing to release": FBI speaks on investigation about Tinubu
Legit.ng earlier reported that the US FBI has said it has no information or document about President Bola Tinubu to release to the public space.
In a suit before the District Court in the United States, the federal bureau made the disclosure about the Nigerian president.
One Aaron Greenspan has approached the District Court of the District of Columbia to compel the FBI to release the document.
Source: Legit.ng
