FG seeks stronger relationship with foreign partners on tax administration

Muhammad Nami, Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), says Nigeria is seeking stronger relationships with development partners to improve tax administration.
This is contained in a statement by Johannes Wojuola, Mr Nami’s Special Assistant on Media and Communication, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday.
Mr Nami, who is also the President of the Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators, on Friday visited the Capital Area Transportation Authority secretariat at the UK’s Treasury House for a meeting on tax administration.
The statement said that the CATA President and his team were briefed on the governance structure of CATA and the current efforts by the association to serve the common interest of member nations.
He promised to achieve the short and long term goals and objectives of the association before his three-year tenure ends.
Mr Nami also held a bilateral meeting with Antonia Strachey of the Public Finance and Tax Department, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), on issues of mutual benefit to the revenue authorities of both countries.
Recallsl that the FIRS boss was unanimously elected on October 12 by the 47-member countries of CATA at the association’s General Meeting as its 15th President.
Mr Nami was accompanied by Olufemi Olarinde, Nigeria’s CATA Country Correspondent, Mr Wojuola, his Special Assistant on Media and Communication, and Jibrin Salihu, his Personal Assistant.
The meeting was attended by the UK Government Tax Authority representatives, including Fiona Hay, Head, Capacity Building and International Relations, Mahtab Hashim, Capacity Building Unit, and Jasmine Taylor, Director, Senior Leadership Programme.
(NAN)
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