President Buhari Nominates
President Buhari Nominates Nami as FIRS
Boss
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of a new
board for the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, subject to
Senate confirmation.
The President nominated a renowned tax consultant, Muhammad M.
Nami as the new chairman.
The board is composed of a member representing each of the six
geographical zones and statutory representatives from a select
number of ministries and government agencies.
Mr 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.
Mr 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.
He is married with children.
Chairman of FIRS, Babatunde Fowler, whose term of office expired
on Monday, 9th December, 2019 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.
Garba Shehu
Senior Special Assistant to the President
(Media & Publicity)