Maimuna Abubakar, board chairman of the Nigerian Postal
Services (NIPOST), says the Federal Internal Revenue Service (FIRS) has stolen
the agency’s mandate.
There has been contention between the FIRS and NIPOST over
which agency is the custodian of stamp duty following the implementation of the
Stamp Duty Act.
The FIRS, in a recently released circular, said it now has a
portal for automated stamp duty collection where all stamp duty paying
citizens, government agencies, institutions, and private organisations should
log into and pay stamp duties — a claim NIPOST opposed.
NIPOST insists that it is empowered to print, mint, produce,
retail, and provide adhesive postage stamps.
In a series of tweets on Sunday, Abubakar expressed worry
over the ”take over” of NIPOST’s mandate by FIRS.
She alleged that FIRS did not only steal NIPOST’s stamps but
also its ideas.
The board chairman asked the public to intervene in the
contention between both agencies.
“I am worried for NIPOST, having sleepless night because of
NIPOST, we need the general public to come to our aid, FIRS stole our mandate,”
the tweet read.
“FIRS are now selling stamps instead of buying from us. What
is happening, are we expected to keep quite and let FIRS kill and bury NIPOST?
We need to get our mandate back.
“NIPOST are the sole custodians of national stamps, another
agency printing and selling stamps is against the law of the land.
“FIRS did not only steal our stamps but also our ideas, what
NIPOST had worked for since 2016, our documents, patent and sneaked everything
into finance bill and tactically removed the name of NIPOST.
“I like to make this clear, NIPOST is the only agency
charged with the responsibility of producing adhesive stamps and revenue for
the for the purchase of such stamp accrues to NIPOST
“There is no where in FIRS act or stamp duty act where it’s
so stated that FIRS can produce stamp or sale stamp. Did you know that NIPOST
had generated over 60b in NIPOST CBN account for the Federal Government?”
FIRS are now selling stamps instead of buying from us #justicefornipost— Maimuna Abubakar (@ref_ng) August 2, 2020
What is happening, are we expected to keep quite and let FIRS kill and bury NIPOST?— Maimuna Abubakar (@ref_ng) August 2, 2020
We need to get our mandate back #justicefornipost
There is no where in FIRS act or stamp duty act where it's so stated that FIRS can produce stamp or sale stamp #justicefornipost— Maimuna Abubakar (@ref_ng) August 2, 2020
NIPOST said it has taken action to address the legal
contradictions with the FIRS.
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