Civil society organisations have condemned the N1.4bn budget for meals and refreshments by the Federal Inland Revenue Service in the 2021 fiscal year.

The groups, including Transparency International and the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, accused the tax collecting agency of insensitivity and misplacement of priority.

Executive Director, CISLAC and Head, Transparency International in Nigeria, Auwal Musa (Rafsanjani), expressed shock that such a huge amount could be set aside for frivolities at a time the nation’s economy was in dire straits.

He said, “While the nation struggles hard to finance its budget, a significant proportion of the budget slips through mismanagement and reckless spending that intrinsically dominates public sector activities.

“It is more worrisome that the reckless spending has been normalised with resultant underfunded critical sector that is vital to efficiently revamp the sinking economic development.

“Given this background, the decision of Federal Inland Revenue Service to spend N1.4bn on meals and refreshment in 2021 is another irresponsible financial decision by a revenue institution preying on weak budgetary process and scrutiny, poor financial management system and inadequate legislative oversight activities associated with the public sector.

“It is more worrisome that despite the under-funded critical sector with increasingly cost of governance, FIRS has not devised appropriate tax justice system to ensure social-justice and equity in the utilisation of remittances to ensure citizens benefit maximally, but requesting a whopping sum to be lavished on irrelevant activities.

“We must be wary of reckless financial decisions that manifest in institutionalised mismanagement and revenue deficiency. This must be thoroughly checked by relevant authorities as common Nigerians are currently suffering from questionable mismanagement of public treasury and high cost of governance by successive administrations.”

He also said, “While efficient governance is about ensuring that each amount of public funds is spent judiciously in a way that social welfare of all the citizens is maximized, the current high cost of governance that permeates Nigeria’s public sector impedes socio-economic development and shows negative impact on macro-economic stability, job creation and other socio-economic activities that drive growth and development.”

FIRS now a cesspool of filth and corruption –HURIWA

Speaking in a similar vein, the Executive Director of the Human Rights Writers Association, Emmanuel Onwubiko, described the situation as depressing and utterly unconscionable.

‌Onwubiko said, “At a time of massive unemployment, mass poverty and high crime rates caused by lack of capacity on the part of the security forces and particularly the Nigeria Police Force that has collapsed due to poor funding, corruption and indiscipline, it is shocking that an agency of the Federal Government can set aside the sum of N1.4bn for them to feed and make merry all year round.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/firs-n1-4bn-refreshment-budget-reckless-insensitive-ti-others/%3famp=1

And the corruption continues.They pushed out Babatunde Fowler only for the new Aboki on the block to step up the pitch of the corruption.God save Nigeria from these looters.

Meals and refreshments?

Buhari is super corrupt.

A very corrupt unapologetic coupist.

A known bigot and failure.

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Where are the usual lickspittles come and defend your daily bread.

"FIRS N1.4bn Refreshment Budget Reckless, Insensitive –TI, Others"

"Despite the President’s public anti-corruption platform, Transparency International has not seen any reduction in corruption since Buhari took office. In fact, the precise opposite has happened, with Nigeria falling 12 places between the 2016 and 2017 rankings.

President Buhari currently faces serious allegations, which include staging show trials of opponents of a regime that is accused of corruption and graft, while simultaneously shielding his own party members and inner circle...."

https://www.thecable.ng/why-you-should-not-invest-in-nigeria-former-uk-secretary-of-state-writes-investors

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Chop I chop

N 1.4 B for Meals and refreshments for all their branches nationwide for a year is not too much.

The only complaint here is that few ogas may pocket it and leave the workers with nothing.

Na my own I talk. Anyone not happy with that can kill himself inside my mention.

Karleb:
14B for refreshments.

No, na 14 trillion.

WizKid is a goat

*.

Too bad

1.4b for refreshment, while guys are looking for job. It's well with Nigeria

many people will rot in jail if APC lose in 2023

14B for refreshments.

Sometimes I ask myself why I dey Nigeria... y I be Nigerian.... infact y Africa?

This country nor go fit better again... all man for him self... God for us all...

1.4 billion... how many people wen dey online right now get 14,000 naira for account

All those people wen vote n support Buhari dem need to stone dem or behead dem to death....

Even as a prophet GaGa wen I be... I nor go pray for this country oh

Prophet GaGa

I thought I had seen it all until I saw an albino guy using bleaching cream

we lack integrity quotient as nation.

Madness
I wonder how they arrived @this refreshment budget ....the word refreshment makes me cringe at the budget cost.
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Wetin dem chop for 1.4 billion naira!

Manna BBQ will still talk recklessly

Ok

tomorrow some idiot will be out here screaming our darling daddy cos they think this is a joke, or apc vs pdp bullshit, our nation the future of this generation and the next is being looted carelessly.

Lol. Why did you guys think they chased Fowler away? To cash out big time. They've been eyeing that position since. I remember one of them saying openly that he wanted Fowler's job. . Now they've gotten it and their performance keeps dropping. We're waiting for them to blame their non-performance on the economic recession and covid-19 pandemic.

For the record, Fowler took office when we first faced the recession and in the midst if it, the unprecedented was achieved by generating the highest revenues in the history of Nigeria for the federal govt. Oh Nigeria!

The amount of corruption in this administration can fill two Atlantic Oceans

Most corrupt govt

Them just dey run the country like SUG government in tertiary institutions.

Which kind yeye country be dis sef..





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bolaayenimo:
many people will rot in jail if APC lose in 2023

Stop deceiving yourselves!
Your PDP goons are green with envy they are not the ones running the scam,
Nigeria is a criminal enterprise created by a country that should apologize for destroying the world,
The only difference between APC and PDP is APC steals both money and human lives

that amount is just a tip of the iceberg

Simplyleo:
N 1.4 B for Meals and refreshments for all their branches nationwide for a year is not too much.

The only complaint here is that few ogas may pocket it and leave the workers with nothing.

Na my own I talk. Anyone not happy with that can kill himself inside my mention.


No, na 14 trillion.

dem no dey collect salary, you as a citizen what have u benefited from the government. Don't know why people like u reason like ogbono soup