President Muhammadu Buhari has
appointed Muhammad Nami to replace Babatunde Fowler as chairman of the Federal
Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
Fowler, whose tenure ended on
Monday, was confirmed for a four-year tenure by the senate on December 9, 2015.
He is expected to hand over to
the most senior director on the board until the senate confirms Nami as FIRS
chairman and the new board.
According to a statement by Garba
Shehu, the senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity,
Nami is a tax, accounting and management professional with three decades of
practical working experience in auditing, tax management and advisory and
management services.
“He is an expert in rendering
advisory support services to investors in respect of new business start-ups and
management of existing businesses. He has also continuously rendered outsourced
services to clients in trading, service and manufacturing sectors of the
nation’s economy,” the statement read.
Muhammad Nami attended Bayero
University Kano and Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he obtained a
bachelor’s degree in sociology (1991) and a masters of business degree (2004)
respectively.
He is a fellow of Chartered
Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, Institute of Debt Recovery Practitioners of
Nigeria and Associate Member of Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered)
and Association of National Accountants of Nigeria.
He started his career with PFK in
1993 and rose to the position of a senior consultant in charge of tax
management and advisory services.
He is currently the managing
consultant of Manam Professional Services (chartered tax practitioners and
business advisers) based in Kaduna, Abuja, Niger state.
Muhammad was appointed as a
member of the presidential committee on audit of recovered stolen assets in
November 2017.
The FIRS board is composed of a
member representing each of the six geographical zones and statutory
representatives from a select number of ministries and government agencies.
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