The
Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Mr. Tunde Fowler, has said
that the organisation received more than 700,000 applications from the
recent job advert it placed.
Fowler made this known on Wednesday in Abuja when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petition.
The FIRS boss’ appearance at the lower
chamber followed a petition from some applicants, who claimed to have
been excluded from the employment processes.
The Service had invited applications for various positions in series of adverts placed in some national dailies.
Fowler said that out of the 700,000
applicants more than 2,000 had first class degrees in various
disciplines and were qualified to be engage by the Service.
He said that FIRS would recruit only 500
people, adding that the exercise was designed to increase manpower for
tax revenue collection and expand the country’s revenue base.
He assured that the organisation would ensure fairness and due process in the recruitment process.
He said, “We have secured waiver and
endorsement from the Federal Character Commission in order to ensure
that the right thing is done.”
In his remarks, Chairman of the house
committee, Mr. Nkem Abonta, directed Fowler to submit to the committee
the service’s nominal roll to assist it in arriving at a decision.
Credit: NAN
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