President Muhammadu Buhari has queried the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Babatunde Fowler, over revenue collection.
In the query signed by the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, and dated August 8, 2019, Fowler was asked to explain the reason for the variances between the budgeted collections and actual collection for the period between 2015 and 2018.
He was given up to August 19 to respond.
The query reads: “Your attached letter (FIRS/EC/CWP/0249/19/027 dated 26 July 2019) on the above subject matter, refers.
“We observed significant variances between the budgeted collections and actual collections for the period 2015 to 2018. Accordingly, you are kindly invited to submit a comprehensive variance analysis explaining the reasons for the variances between budgeted and actual collections for each main tax item for each of the years 2015 to 2018.
“Furthermore, we observed that the actual collections for the period 2015 to 2017 were significantly worse than what was collected between 2012 and 2014. Accordingly, you are kindly to explain the reasons for the poor collections.
“You are kindly invited to respond by 19 August 2019.
“Please accept the assurances of my highest regards.”
