The National Assembly Joint Committee has raised concern over Federal Inland Revenue Service’s (FIRS) 2019 projected estimate of non-oil revenue tax collection of N146.54 billion.

The co-chairman of the committee, John Enoh, and other members of the committee raised the concern at FIRS’s budget defence in Abuja on Monday.

The committee sought to know why the 2018 approved estimate was N153.85 billion, while the 2019 projected cost stood at N146.54, amounting to 4.75 per cent decrease.

On personnel cost, the committee asked why the service was proposing 14.6 per cent increase in number of staff from 7, 854 in 2018 to 9000 staff in 2019.

It equally demanded explanation for the “proposed N160 million meant to sew drivers’ uniforms, N825 million for refreshment and security vote of N250 million among others.”

The Executive Chairman of FIRS, Tunde Fowler while presenting the budget proposal, noted that the proposed increase in staff strength was due to recruitment of staff scheduled in 2019.

He further explained that N160 million was earmarked to sew uniforms for the 850 drivers of the service as part of effort to make them fit properly into the structure.

That means each driver’s uniform will cost over N188,000.

Also, Mr Fowler said the amount earmarked for security vote was meant to attend to some security issues, particularly those not receipted for.

“The achievement of 2019 budget will be driven by increase oil and non-oil revenue tax collection.

“The service in realisation of this responsibility and challenges of doing manual collection will continue to implement automated tax collection for the critical sectors of the economy notably telecommunications, airlines and financial institutions.

“The deployment of these platforms is at no cost to the service and the consultants will only be rewarded on increased revenue generation.

“There will be increased enforcement activities nationwide to bring more tax payers into the tax net and increase compliance level,’’ Mr Fowler said.

(NAN)

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JESU
N188,000 For uniform per driver?



That should be next level uniform

Jesus.
Tunde fowler oooo.

A good student of tinubu school of inflated projects and embezzlement.

Enemies of state.

N188,000 for single uniform, na wa for this country o

Integrity at work!!!

1. #188,000 for uniform per driver? Maybe na Balenciaga wan design am sha

2. Okay, how much be puff puff, chicken lap, samosa, digestive biscuit, chivita juice, coke when Dem go buy? Shey Dem dey use am bath ni?

#825million for refreshment? Ahn, ahn! What happin!! Stand up Nigeria!!!

ForeThinker:
The uniform must be Bombproof

Refreshments imported from. Dubai ..

na accident proof

Questioning increasing of number of staffs.. Are they normal?

N188k for one uniform? Na mad people dey in power in Nigeria.. No arguments

This is quite cheap. I think the contractor in charge of the uniform initially charged 1.6 million naira per uniform, before they finally agreed to N188, 000. Jealous people will tell you the man wants to embezzle, because they don't know he's actually richer than Lagos and Enugu combined. Next Level!

Lalasticlala will want to see this

Rebuke:
Sarcasm?
Commment like this is what makes me feel we deserve the kinda leaders we have in this country.
Yahoo, yahoo government.

Comments like this will always pain you until you learn to upgrade your intelligence level to detect sarcastic statements.

Gold plated clothe

With the kind of money our government is spending on things, Nigeria�� is suppose to be the finest country in the world�.

Another scam!

And the citizens are told to still have hope for this country. Hmm

lol..188,000 naira for uniform.na parachute dem wan sow.... useless country

success1smyn:
JESU
N188,000 For uniform per driver?



That should be next level uniform

na Nike and Gucci collaborate to make the uniform

holy smokes . are you f..cking kiding me? all that money for uniform . this government just dey waste our money for useless things my GOOD lord i weep for this country

happney65:


It equally demanded explanation for the “proposed N160 million meant to sew drivers’ uniforms, N825 million for refreshment and security vote of N250 million among others.”


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maybe the tailor resides in Heaven hence the cost! If it's in the moon it would have been lesser

To think that these are the saints Buhari took 6months to appoint

Incompetence and corruption reeks to the highest level even in the home of a government claiming to fight corruption all his life!!!

Zombies and SERAP over to you!!!

Modified: misunderstandings between the legislatives and executives and very healthy for Nigeria!!! If not we for no dey see fowl yansh

Mr integrity is working



I build websites and I am based in Abuja, see my signature

. Next level yahoo government.


Una never learn. Some of yhu are jobless and can't even afford good meal daily but will always defend this scam of a government.

Una mumu never do na.

Another case of pot calling kettle black. Too many mad men i n power.

the average naija man is a thief imagine budget

Make dem sufri for the padding!

Daviddson:
This is quite cheap. I think the contractor in charge of the uniform initially charged 1.6 million naira per uniform, before they finally agreed to N188, 000. Jealous people will tell you the man wants to embezzle, because they don't know he's actually richer than Lagos and Enugu combined. Next Level!

Lalasticlala will want to see this

Sarcasm? If not, then yhur brain must be paining yhu!!!!!

N188,000 for uniform per person. What the heck is wrong with our leaders?

We have many hungry tailors in Nigeria who will take the same contract far less than half the price and will deliver better service.

But no, they will rather toss the contract to their own "follow follow chop chop".

Commment like this is what makes me feel we deserve the kinda leaders we have in this country.

Yahoo, yahoo government.

Yahoo yahoo governement. These guys needs to be hanged. Can we imagine?

Na dem

adewest1999:
na Nike and Gucci collaborate to make the uniform

lol

What a transparent and corruption free government