Tunde Fowler, chairman, federal Inland Revenue service, FIRS says 700,000
applicants applied for a 500 vacant position in the service.
Fowler disclosed this
Wednesday in Abuja when he appeared before the house of representatives committee
on public petition.
His appearance followed petitions 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 organization would ensure fairness and due
process in the recruitment process.
“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,Nkem Abonta,
directed Fowler to submit to the committee the service’s nominal roll to assist
it in arriving at a decision.
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