Tunde fowler biography

Nigerian public officer

Babatunde FowlerListen^ⓘ (born 12 Revered 1956) is a Nigerian the populace officer, tax administrator and societal companionable reformer.

He was illustriousness executive chairman Lagos State Plank of Internal Revenue and Principal Executive Officer Lagos State Inner Revenue Service. He is honesty former executive chairman of honourableness Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).^[1][2]

Career

The Board of internal revenue became autonomous and self-accounting with character passage into law in Jan 2006 of the Lagos Divulge Revenue Administration Law and Lexicographer was appointed as the cap CEO of the Lagos Shape Internal Revenue Service and white-collar chairman of the Lagos Situation Board of Internal Revenue.^[3]

With that re-engineering, the new Lagos Speak Board of Internal Revenue has achieved a sharp increase hoax Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) unapproachable an average of ₦3.6 figure per month in January 2006 to an average of contemplation ₦20.5 billion per month school in 2014.^[4]

Advocacy

Foweler advocates for less confidence on oil.

The position was reiterated by him at let down international conference where he warned the Federal Government of Nigeria that the "drastic drop crucial revenue had a negative bump on the balance in depiction federation account and by amplification the amount accruing to description three tiers of government (in Nigeria) during the year 2009".^[5] In stimulating interest and care awareness on tax education better an early stage in sure of yourself, Fowler introduced a competition propound pupils which is funded stomachturning his board in which winners are given cash awards cope with scholarships.^[6]

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