PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Monday approved the composition of a new board for the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) subject to Senate confirmation.

According to the Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to the president, Garuba Shehu, who disclosed this through his official Twitter handle, President Buhari named a renowned tax consultant, Muhammad M. Nami as the new chairman.

Nami replaces Babatunde Fowler, whose tenure expired on Monday, December 9, 2019.

Fowler was appointed by the president on August 20, 2015 and was confirmed on December 9, 2015.

He is expected to hand over to the most senior director on the board, who will take charge, pending the senate confirmation of the new board.

What to know about Muhammed M. Nami

Muhammad, a well-trained Tax, Accounting and Management professional with highly rated qualifications and professional practice and licenses from relevant professional bodies, has almost three decades of practical working experience in Auditing, Tax Management and Advisory and Management services to clients in the banking, manufacturing, services and public sectors as well as non- profit organizations.

He is an expert in rendering advisory support services to investors in respect of new business start-ups and management of existing businesses. He has also continuously rendered outsourced services to clients in trading, service and manufacturing sectors of the nation’s economy.

Muhammad Nami attended Bayero University Kano and Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology (1991) and a Masters of Business degree (2004) respectively. He is a fellow of Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, Institute of Debt Recovery Practitioners of Nigeria and Associate Member of Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered) and Association of National Accountants of Nigeria.

He started his career with PFK in 1993 and rose to the position of a senior Consultant in charge of Tax management and advisory services. He is currently the managing consultant of Manam Professional Services (Chartered Tax Practitioners and Business Advisers) based in Kaduna, Abuja, Niger State.

Muhammad has served, and is still serving, on many companies’ Board and Statutory Board Audit Committees. He was appointed as a member, Presidential Committee on Audit of Recovered Stolen Assets in November, 2017 by President Buhari.

READ MORE: https://www.icirnigeria.org/just-in-buhari-names-nami-to-replace-fowler-as-firs-boss/

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