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JUST-IN: Tinubu Fires Nami, FIRS Chairman, Appoints Adedeji As Replacement

By these directives of the President, the new appointment takes immediate effect

Abdulsalam Abdullahi Opeyemi by Abdulsalam Abdullahi Opeyemi
September 14, 2023
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  • Adedeji, 45, replaces Muhammad Mamman Nami who will attain compulsory retirement in December 2023.
  • The new appointee was the 5th substantive Executive Secretary of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC)

Zacch Adedeji has been named as the temporary chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) by President Bola Tinubu.

Additionally, Tinubu ordered Muhammad Nami, the current chairman of the FIRS, to immediately begin taking the three months of pre-retirement leave specified under Public Service Rule (PSR) 120243.

According to a statement made by Ajuri Ngelale, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, the leave will eventually result in Nami’s retirement from the company on December 8, 2023.

Adedeji served as Tinubu’s special revenue adviser before to his current appointment.

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He served as the finance commissioner under Abiola Ajimobi, who eventually became governor of Oyo State.

Adedeji, a certified accountant who hails from the Iwo-Ate area of Ogo-Oluwa local government of Oyo state, recently bagged his doctorate degree from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

The National Sugar Development Council’s (NSDC) latest appointee was the organization’s fifth substantive Executive Secretary.

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