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Saturday, 16 April 2016

Senate questions FIRS over N1.6 billion budget on welfare package for retirees

The Senate Committee on Finance, yesterday rejected the idea by the Federal Inland Revenue Service FIRS to appropriate the sum of N1.6 billion as welfare package for its new retirees in 2016.

The, FIRS justified the idea by stating that the they are having an annual event to recognize its retired staff because they hadn't been able to hold the event for the past 2 years because they didnt have money then.

The senate committee also complained about the N700 million budget for medical bills of staff as well as the over N16 billion put aside as salaries for staff yet to be recruited.

Speaking during a budget defence session with the FIRS, Chairman of the committee, John Enoh said
“We will need a presentation that explains some particular cases of variation,”.
The committee also stated that the FIRS proposed the sum of N350 million in the 2015 budget, received an approval of N148 million but only spent N116 million and wondered what happened to the rest of the money.

The committee also rejected the appropriation of over N16 billion for salaries of 1250 staff yet to be recruited in 2016 by the FIRS.

 Source: Vanguard

17 comments:

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    1. Good for them
      -D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds

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  2. You people do not know how corrupt fowler is, una go soon know. You think he did a good job in lagos inland revenue? No, he came to scam some companies wit his boys, big mistake u guys r making

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  3. You people do not know how corrupt fowler is, una go soon know. You think he did a good job in lagos inland revenue? No, he came to scam some companies wit his boys, big mistake u guys r making

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  4. Just for new retiree's only!! Edakun! This people wana suck us dry sha

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  5. All of dem Na thieves! Linda take note!

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  6. Change indeed. APC is nothing but a dick head.

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  7. The Senate lacks the moral jurisdiction to question anyone on funds as long as they haven't reviewed their own salaries. Shameless and jobless men, it is only in Nigeria that being a politician is regarded as occupation which is why they usually have nothing to return to when their tenures expire, hence the greed to amass as much as possible before they are sent packing. If our senators have stable jobs,i dare them to serve selflessly and only receive stipends for the duration of service Alone.

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  8. This is a blatant attempt to defraud the country. =N=16 billion for staff yet to be employed? Smh

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  9. Fowler is a thief, he fucks young light skin girls and spoils them with cars and lastest phones. Why won't he allocate 16b for staff yet to employed.

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  10. This man's downfall is coming soon. Take note everyone!

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  11. Tunde sold his soul for money and power, it will all disappear very soon. He will soon get sacked, then probed, the stripped of all cash and assets.

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  12. #16billion for salaries of Staff yet to be recruited??? This country is a joke! Just a way of keeping the money to themselves.

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  13. He asked all the directors who have 2 yrs and below to retire,and they are indeed many, he also brought in plenty directors of his own how do y'all think he's going to pay them off

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  14. As you force us to pay taxes, eat them all up, give yourselves unreasonable allowances. Some people wan see inside of prison cell.

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