The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says allegations of tribalism and ethnicity in the agency are untrue.
Executive Chairman, Mr Muhammad Nami, disclosed this in a statement signed by the FIRS Director of Communication and Liaison, Abdullahi Ahmad.
Nami’s rebuttal came in response to allegations that some directors of the revenue body were removed on tribal and ethnic grounds.
According to him, the removal of the directors conformed with laid-down procedures and laws of the nation.
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“The FIRS is one national institution which any Nigerian is assured of rising to the very top in hierarchy based on his or her individual competence and hard work on the job, and not on the basis of any tribal or religious affiliation.
“If any FIRS worker had been a victim of tribalism or religious discrimination in the past, I say to such marginalised worker: Not anymore and not on my watch at the FIRS.
“The Federal Inland Revenue Service wishes to clarify that the recent staff retirement exercise which affected nine directors was done in full compliance with the law and in the best interest of the service and the country, contrary to insinuations in a section of the media.
“The Board of the Federal Inland Revenue Service in a meeting held on Friday, March 20, 2020 took the decision and approved that all directors who had served in the FIRS for eight years and above should be retired,” Nami said.
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