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 3489 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.

www.saharareporters.com/2016/06/15/federal-inland-revenue-service-job-scandal-full-list-349-new-staff-secretly-hired-tunde

All the 36 states are represented!!! Well what can one say again,but on a serious note if firs advertises those jobs their site go crash

Lol, its well.

kuuljay:
All the 36 states are represented!!! Well what can one say again,but on a serious note if firs advertises those jobs their site go crash

It was advertised in 2010 during Ifueko tenure and the site did not crash

apc is a demonic party.... these slots are for apc chieftains

Do I call this Representative corruption or federal corruption? all 36 states are well represented
I see

Zombies: In Liar Mohammed's voice; You go dress masquerade tire..

Please go back to the farm or wait for 500,000 teachers recruitment to collect ur 23k (toothpicks) money..

Una go see something, I swear!

Were those employed Nigerians or from Uganda? If they are Nigerian, then I congratulate them, at least unemployment is reducing

People got jobs and no ethnic group was cheated.

You mean 'ethnic' employment?

cant be that secret

kuuljay:
All the 36 states are represented!!! Well what can one say again,but on a serious note if firs advertises those jobs their site go crash

go find out you will observe that they are all relations of apc chief. Apc are just too extremists in their bias, they hardly carry everyone along except for a post of police and 23k teaching jobs.

Akwa Ibom State, for example,
got six slots, while Gombe has 13, Katsina got 18, and Borno 23 .

which injustice pass this one, Akwa Ibom oil producing state got 6 slot, Gombe =13, katsina =18, both zero resource contribution to FG, borno=23 and their only contribution to FG is boko haram . and someone said this country is not zoo. buhari na basta-rd.

lincolnj88:
apc is a demonic party.... these slots are for apc chieftains

How can you prove this? where you present during the recruitment exercise?

DONMAYOR19:

go find out you will observe that they are all relations of apc chief. Apc are just too extremists in their bias, they hardly carry everyone along[b] except for a post of police and [/b]23k teaching jobs.



which injustice pass this one, Akwa Ibom oil producing state got 6 slot, [s]Gombe zero resource contribution to FG got 13, and someone said this country is not zoo. buhari na basta-rd. [/s]

You go and investigate and give us your findings before you start blabbing. Millions have had healthy careers in the Police jobs and as teachers. People need to be proactive and source for jobs or create one for themselves, you cant sit in a cave glorifying Biafra and expect the FG to get you a job in Chevron when you dont even have the mental capacity or wherewithal to handle such jobs.