Nigeria: Fowler - Propelling Nigeria's Economic Reforms Through FIRS

[This Day] On assumption of office in 2015, the current administration was quick in identifying that sources from which the country will earn revenue outside oil, the near-almighty revenue earner. The prices of oil on the international market had been dipping since 2014, creating the need for the government to seek other revenue streams. importantly too, the government needed a man to drive the process. It identified Babatunde Fowler who, as Chairman of the Lagos State Inland Revenue Service (LIRS), had driven the pr