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modelmike7:
If this is true... FIRS should be probed. Not even now that people are looking for jobs. Enough of this impunity.

Federal Inland Revenue Service Job Scandal: Full List Of 349 New Staff Secretly Hired By Tunde Fowler

by Sahara Reporters, New York

Jun 15, 2016


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.

The full list can be viewed below:

NEW_EMPLOYED-FIRS-STAFF.xlsx

kenny987:
How do you justify this position to those who were rusticated from universities probably in penultimate or final years despite having passed all their exams in 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th years as the case may be when the reason for rustication is fake or irregular WAEC results? How about those who scaled thru uni only upon screening to have their results/certificates withdrawn or recalled because of the same irregularities with WAEC results at the time of admission? Why did they not let them go? Afterall they were passing exams and even graduated with or without WAEC!

How about fake Doctors who have been arrested and are being prosecuted or jailed for practising without requisite qualifications/certificates form the Medical Board? Some have plied that trade for as long as 10years or more, successfully treated patients and also recorded their share of unfortunate deaths not unlike our General government hospitals run by qualified personnel. So why arrest such people? Afterall they have been practising with or without certificate from medical school!

Is it because it is Buhari?

MKO4ever:
Your friend Abdul from kano state only understands Hausa and probably a bit of English
If he goes to Yoruba mosque, how will he understand the preaching (in yoruba) when he doesn't speak Yoruba?
This is different from someone leaving in Surulere and has to travel miles to Canaanland for Church services when there are dozens thousand other churches around Surulere

Rxpetite:
They should be jailed in the east.
Our problem is not Islam as a religion. Our problem is the Northerners.
These people are violent, poor and uneducated - a very dangerous combination. As if that is not enough some wicked person introduced a religion such as Islam to them.

There are Muslims in the west for God's sake. Are those ones practising a the China version of Islam?

There are as many violence provoking passages in the Bible as there are in the Koran. Are we practicing the fake version?

Are these northerners the only people who have religion?

Goke7:
and south sudan is very peaceful now abi? Sir, I repeat the NDA can never win this war, Nigeria is not sudan or Central african republic. This country is bigger than what we think. Problem of some of you is that you think all the money Nigeria has is from oil, Nigeria is capable and even the International community knows that this country can prosecute the operations in the niger delta region without going broke like other african nations, it is the advise from the international community that is holding the govt back, but if the NDA operations begin to assume the dimension of boko haram where they start holding and claiming territories like boko haram, guy you will be first to beg the FG to allow peace to reign. The NDA threat level has not hit the roof yet whether Iran is involved or not,

Goke7:
the armed forces were also clueless in tackling boko haram initially but who is having the last laugh? truth is no one can never win any govt in a war no matter the amount of weapons and tactics they deploy. The NDA will be demystified in the long run as the govt is rather waiting since lots of folks are still emotional in their support for the NDA which will not last as the continue destruction will start irritating all and sundry very soon.

Goke7:
Its only a matter of time these guys will be declared as terrorists and then will start getting lawyers to claim their fundamental human rights. This is how Kanu got himself in. The cease fire approach by the govt is a trap these guys are not trying to avoid.

No matter the amount of weapons they possess they cannot overcome the govt in the long run, those supporting their evil actions and urging them on are their greatest enemies. we are watching.