Senate confirms Zacch Adedeji as substantive chairman of FIRS
The Senate on Tuesday, October 31, confirmed the nomination of Zacchaeus Adedeji as the chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
Adedeji was confirmed following a majority decision by senators after he was screened during a plenary session in Abuja.
Speaking before his confirmation, Adedeji promised to improve the data mining capacity of the FIRS to make appropriate tax decisions.
He attributed revenue leakages to a lack of data on the finances of local and foreign firms operating in Nigeria.
The FIRS boss promised that most of the leakages would be halted. According to him, the core problem in the country is that of proper data, adding that developing data upon which decisions will be made is fundamental.
According to him, it will enable sufficient info on the exact number of vessels of crude brought into the county and the concomitant tax. The data would be used to identify those in affluence who pay insufficient tax, the FIRS boss added.
Adedeji also vowed to centralize the identification system in Nigeria and advance the nation’s data mining capacity.
