A few months after a secret employment exercise by the Central Bank of Nigeria was unearthed by SaharaReporters, another government agency has been hit by a similar scandal. This time the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), headed by Mr. Babatunde Fowler, a protege of Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) has been found to have overseen recruitment excercises in violation of Nigeria's rules of public advertisement.

FIRS, under Fowler, recently employed 349 new staff. The recruitment exercise, SaharaReporters authoritatively gathered, was not preceded by a public advertisement of vacancies to be filled and approval by the Federal Character Commission as the service rules stipulate. The newly employed persons were inducted in Abuja last Wednesday. Fowler, who was appointed last August by President Muhammadu Buhari, had previously been accused of indifference to service rules on employment by secretly hiring 250 new staff. However, his accusers, could not make the charge stick, as he claimed those hired are not full-time employees but consultants.

The latest findings, however, are accompanied by substantial evidence including the list of new recruits, complete with their states of origin, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, academic qualifications, recommended ranks and proposed duty stations.

The list, exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters, showed that six of the new recruits are of the position of deputy director, while 10 are assistant directors. Thirty-four others are of the rank of deputy manager, while the rest are made up of senior managers, managers, assistant managers and officers. All the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory are represented on the list. Akwa Ibom State, for example, got six slots, while Gombe has 13. Ondo State is a beneficiary of 13 slots. Lagos State, where Fowler hails from, was awarded 14 slots.

Katsina got 18, Kano 15 and Borno 23. Rivers State was given 14 slots. But in certain cases, the list does not show the states of origin and education qualifications of some of the new staff, making it difficult to know they states of origin and qualifications.

Wahab Gbadamosi, FIRS acting Director of Information, told a news website last week that relevant agencies of government approved the recruitment.

"Your enquiry on the targeted recruitment at the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS refers. We wish to respond as follows: Please note that requisite agencies of government approved the targeted recruitment by the FIRS. Due Process -in recruiting into a Federal Government agency- was followed; The FIRS is a conscientious, law-abiding institution which adheres to statutory rules and procedures; The FIRS is focused on its duty to collect revenue to fund the national budget and pleads that it should be allowed to concentrate on its 2016 target of N4. 9 trillion,” he was quoted to have responded via email.

Noticeably absent from the mail, however, are whether the vacancies were advertised or not and the names of the relevant agencies that green-lighted the recruitment.

As with the CBN recruitment scandal, the list of employed persons reeks of nepotism.

The full list can be viewed below:

FIRS EMPLOYMENT LIST.http://saharareporters.com/2016/06/15/federal-inland-revenue-service-job-scandal-full-list-349-new-staff-secretly-hired-tunde

I knw dis is fp material! lala hala me wen we hit fp. btw, ftc

I don't even remember a time when recruitments were done with transparency in Nigeria. Buhari's silence on these weighty allegations will definitely haunt him if he ends up not being able to effectively tackle unemployment, insecurity, electricity and infrastructure decay. All these will matter to Nigerians then, that's how his predecessor lost election (remembering the Immigration recruitment scam), hope he learned.

By the way, this N-power thing makes no sense to me if these teachers are actually going to be paid 15k or so, that money should rather be invested on innovative businesses so that private businesses can drive the economy. Investing 500 billion to empower 50,000 businesses across the country sounds a lot better because their growth will create up to 500,000 jobs with better wages

......

If the recruitment did not follow the due of process of recruitment in civil service, then it was done in error. Am pretty sure all those recruited must have paid a lumpy sum of money, naija I hail thee

These Saharareporter peeps aint got no chill. They just had to post sensitive confidential details of people including date of birth, phone numbers etc in public.

Under d watchfull eyes of Mr Integrity .

Look, for the last time, leave buhari alone, ok?
He's an old man who chased the presidency for 16 good years.
And you don't want him to enjoy it?!
If I were him, una no go see my brake light till ah don go all d contri wey dey dis lyf!
All dis one of ear and sick na nonsense. D guy try for una sef. Wetin consyn me to dey give excuse.
Fleng joor, my guy!

link2ok:
Under d watchfull eyes of Mr Integrity .

If you think Saharareporters is playing an important role in Nigeria's democracy and fight against corruption, click like. Otherwise, click share

My friend's name is there. See life!!! Him no even tell me, haba friend!!!!

Dis is the most corrupt useless regime in d history of Nigeria

Buhari should do something about this corruption job scam that is trending almost all the time. Soon we will here that Aso rock recruited secretly.

lalasticla fp pls.people should know what's going on.

Buhari's corruption fight is a facade. He himself has issues surrounding him - no WASC certificate, he is surrounded by known political thieves, etc. He's done more to divide Nigeria further. He's Nigeria's problem, not the solution.

oo

pmb is fighting corruption to standstill oooo.pmb continue.

Hmm.

Sometimes I applaud Sahara Reporters, the only media outlet that practices investigative journalism in Nigeria.
Channels TV also tries sha.

Media outlets should emulate this, monitor the govt and identify loopholes, policies not followed and negligence.

The masses are informed and enlightened primarily through the media. It seems most of them are oblivious to this power.

[/quote]Akwa Ibom State, for example, got six slots, while Gombe has 13. Ondo State is a beneficiary of 13 slots. Lagos State, where Fowler hails from, was awarded 14 slots.

Katsina got 18, Kano 15 and Borno 23. Rivers State was given 14 slots. But in certain cases, the list does not show the states of origin and education qualifications of some of the new staff, making it difficult to know they states of origin and qualifications.[quote]

Imagine d bold

Mother F set of ppl

When change changed !