The attention of the Board and Management of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS has been drawn to the publication Senators, ministers hijack 524 jobs in FIRS’ by The Saturday Punch, August 28 2010 on pages 1 and 2. This publication is untrue and a misrepresentation of facts, prompting this response from the Service
Chief executive officer of Revenue service Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui Okauru has called on the government to provide adequate security protection for Revenue officers in the country to forestal physical attacks.
Mrs. Omoigui Okauru made the call at a three-day retreat organized for members of the Joint Tax Board in Lagos recently.