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President Bola Tinubu has appointed Zacchaus Adedeji as the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in an acting capacity, pending his ratification by the National Assembly
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Zacchaus Adedeji as the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in an acting capacity, pending his ratification by the National Assembly.
Adedeji will be in acting capacity for a 90-day period before his subsequent confirmation as the substantive Executive Chairman for a term of four years in the first instance subject to another four years term.
The Oyo State-born accounting guru is a First Class Graduate in Accounting, from the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU). He obtained his MSc in Accounting from the same institution and also got his PhD in Public Sector Finance from the OAU as well. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN). He is an alumnus of Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
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He is an ex-manager at the Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) and also a former Commissioner of Finance in Oyo State. At the national level, he was an ex-Executive Secretary of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC). Adedeji is currently the Special Adviser of revenue to President Tinubu. The presidency said Adedeji’s tenure takes immediate effect.
