Buhari Sacks FIRS Chairman, Replaces Him With FOWLER

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr. William Babatunde Fowler as the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Dr. Fowler was the Chief Executive Officer/Executive Chairman of the Lagos State Board of Internal Revenue from 2005 to 2014. Before joining the service of the Lagos State Government, Dr. Fowler worked
in the banking sector for about 20 years with long stints at Credit Lyonnais Nigeria Limited and Chartered Bank. Under his leadership, the Lagos State Board of Internal Revenue reportedly achieved a sharp increase in internally generated revenue from an average of N3.6. billion per month in January 2006, to an average of about N20.5 billion per month in 2013.