By Lekan Sowande, Abuja
The Nigerian Senate has screened and approved the nomination of Mr. Zak Adedeji as Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
His confirmation is coming over a month after President Bola Tinubu appointed him, his Special Adviser on Revenue.
Before then, President Tinubu had directed the erstwhile FIRS Chairman Muhammad Nami to proceed on three months of pre-retirement leave.
Appearing at the upper chamber for his screening on Tuesday, Mr. Adedeji who is 38 years old, said; “his plans is to improve the nation’s revenue, referring to the dearth of information in the oil and gas sector.”
The former Commissioner of Finance In Oyo State, also promised that most of the leakages would be halted.
Mr. Adedeji said; “the core problem in the country is that of proper data, adding that developing data upon which decisions will be made is fundamental.”
“It will enable sufficient info on the exact number of vessels of crude brought into the county and the concomitant tax. The data would be used to identify those in affluence who pay insufficient tax,” the new FIRS boss added.
Mr Adedeji also vowed to centralize the identification system in Nigeria and advance the nation’s data mining capacity.
