The outgoing Acting Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Kabir Mashi, has seek the support and cooperation of the management and Staff for the new Ag. Executive Chairman, Samuel Akin Ogungbesan.
Mashi, who was removed om Wednesday by President Goodluck Jonathan, made the call in Abuja at a meeting with FIRS Coordinating Directors and all Directors, where he announced the Federal Government’s decision to appoint Ogungbesan a new Ag. Executive Chairman for the FIRS.
“Thank you very much and welcome. This is a very brief meeting. I’ m sure you are all aware: There is a change of guards. I am leaving and one of us is taking over. I am sure you will continue to give him all the necessary support.
“Lucky enough, FIRS is a family and we should continue to work as a team. I believe we will continue to work and support each other as a family. I urge and encourage you to work as a family and give him all the support he needs to succeed. If he succeeds, the credit goes to all of you that has succeeded. I am sure he will succeed.
“Mr Ogungbesan, welcome on board. I pray Almighty Allah to guide and protect you”, Mashi said as he symbolically vacated the Executive Chairman’s seat inside the boardroom for the new Ag. Executive Chairman.
Ogungbesan thanked the outgoing Executive Chairman and said that “We are together. I thank you for all you have done in the last three years. If there is need for us to change anything, we will all sit down and do so.
“Let us all sit down and do our work. We are building a very good culture here. This is our country and we will work together to build a strong economy. Like he has said, I hope to enjoy all the support from all of you around the table,” he said.
The new Ag. Executive Chairman, FIRS, Sunday Samuel Ogungbesan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics.
A fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation and also an Associate member of Nigerian Institute of Management, he joined the Service as an Inspector of Taxes II and has risen to his present level, having handled challenging responsibilities and assignments in various departments within the Service.
Ogungbesan pioneered the administration of Large Taxpayers Unit in Lagos and has represented the Federal Inland Revenue Service in many tax conference and seminars, both in Nigeria and overseas.
He paddled the administration of Tax Policy Department of the Service for many years and was pioneer Director, Planning Reporting and Statistics Department.
He was a major player during the review of Nigerian Tax Laws in 2005. He was appointed Coordinating Director Tax Operations Group by the Board on February 5, 2010.
Until his appointment, Ogungbesan, was Coordinating Director, Standards and Compliance Group. The group delineates and articulates servicewide operational standards for tax practice in the FIRS.
Ogungbesan is a strong advocate of change, focusing improvement in the tax administration system in Nigeria.
Mashi, the outgoing FIRS Executive Chairman, took over from the former Executive Chairman, Ifueko Omoigui Okauru in April 2012 and FIRS recorded a total of N14.529 trillion under him.
FIRS recorded N5.07 trillion as its annual collection in 2012, N4. 805 trillion in 2013 and N4.714 trillion. In 2014, launched the e-filing programme under the Integrated Tax Administration System ITAS as well as other automation projects: e-tax pay and VAT auto collect. FIRS was also certified by the International Organisation for Standardisation, amongst others.
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