FIRS boss Nami, 4th from right, with his entourage in London, solicits strong ties with dev’t partners in tax administration
The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami, has solicited strong ties between Nigeria and development partners to promote and improve tax administration.
A statement issued by Mr. Johannes Wojuola, Special Assistant to the Executive Chairman on Media and Communication, on Sunday in Abuja said the FIRS boss made this known in London.
It said that Nami, who is also the President of the Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators (CATA), on Friday visited the Capital Area Transportation Authority (CATA) Secretariat at the United Kingdom’s Treasury House for a meeting on tax administration.
According to the statement, the CATA President and his team were briefed on the governance structure of CATA and the current efforts by the association to serve the common interest of member nations.
“He promised to achieve the short and long term goals and objectives of the association before his three-year tenure ends.
“Nami also held a bilateral meeting with Miss Antonia Strachey of the Public Finance and Tax Department, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), on issues of mutual benefit to the revenue authorities of both countries.
“CATA is an accredited association of the Commonwealth, established in 1978 in London to promote the improvement of tax administration in all its aspects within the Commonwealth with particular emphasis on developing countries, the statement added.
Nami was accompanied by Mr. Olufemi Olarinde, Nigeria’s CATA Country Correspondent, Mr. Johannes Wojuola, his Special Assistant on Media and Communication, and Mr. Jibrin Salihu, Personal Assistant to the Executive Chairman.
The meeting was attended by UK Government Tax Authority representatives, including Fiona Hay, Head, Capacity Building and International Relations, Mahtab Hashim, Capacity Building Unit, and Jasmine Taylor, Director, Senior Leadership Programme.
Periscope International recalls that Nami was elected by the 47 member countries of CATA at the association’s General Meeting as its 15th President on Oct. 12.
