'Reclaiming what is ours': FIRS boss spits fire as FG tackles illicit funds flow

Dr Zacch Adedeji, the Executive Chairman of the
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). [Facebook]

In a show of institutional reform, Dr Adedeji announced the creation of the Proceeds of Crime Management and Illicit Flows Coordination Directorate within the FIRS.

The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Dr Zacch Adedeji, has delivered a scathing rebuke of illicit financial flows from Nigeria, warning that the quiet siphoning of national wealth through tax avoidance and trade manipulation is undermining the country’s development and crippling vital public services.

Speaking at the National Conference on Illicit Financial Flows in Abuja, Dr Adedeji declared: “No government can meet the needs of its people if it allows its revenue to be quietly extracted and transferred elsewhere.”

By Segun Adeyemi

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