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The outcome of this procedure has been kept in abeyance pending the outcome of the ongoing court process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Management of FIRS wishes to appeal to esteemed taxpayers and stakeholders to continue to have confidence in its capacity to deal with internal issues while not also lose sight of its mandate of generating tax revenue for the government.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has stated that ongoing trial of its officials predates the appointment of its executive chairman, Mohammed Nami. This was contained in a statement released on Wednesday by the director of communications and liaison department at FIRS, Abduahi Ismaila Ahmad. 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