‘Bring more money to government coffers’ – House of Reps committee charges FIRS

The House of Representatives Committee on Finance has charged the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) to ensure that the construction of its permanent headquarters will lead to improved revenue generation and more money for the country.

The Committee assured the agency of the support of the House of Representatives in ensuring speedy completion of its corporate headquarters for effective revenue generation.

The chairman of the Committee, James Abiodun Faleke, gave the assurance when he led other members of the committee on an oversight visit to the agency and commended the management for their pragmatic performance since coming into office.

“We decided to come to the proposed permanent site, which is a 16-storey building structure and we have seen the progress so far. And like the architect said, the building was started in 2011 but the current management has taken it to 65 per cent completion and it will be completed in the last quarter of next year.

“We expect that when this building is completed and the tax laws are passed, it will be launched in this building. We also expect that more money will come into the government coffers,” Faleke said.

Also, Faleke promised that the committee will continue to support the Service to deliver on its mandate adding that FIRS was critical in the economic development of the nation.

“For us, we will continue supporting you to do your job and we are also just doing our job. We have always supported you and we’ll continue to do so. We are satisfied with what you’re doing,” he assured.

Executive Chairman of FIRS, Zacch Adedeji commended the lawmakers for being supportive to the organisation pledging the cooperation of his management for a smooth working relationship and assured that under his leadership, the organisation will continue to deliver on its target and judiciously implement its budgets.

“Mr. Chairman, I welcome you and your honourable colleagues to the FIRS headquarters. We are happy to receive you and pledge our readiness to work with you for the development of our nation,” he said.