Over dinner at the restaurant of the latest five-star hotel in upscale Lagos that Saturday, there was a pervading sense of confidence in the tax ecosystem expressed among diners, a motely crop of corporate Nigeria captains. They had broken off from their meeting at a nearby highbrow club to serenade their mortal bodies with a sumptuous dinner. And my goodness, it was worth the time.
The talk centred on Zacch Adedeji, the barely nine-month on the job Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). At 46, Adedeji, a First Class accounting graduate of the great Obafemi Awolowo University and a PhD holder to crown his scholastic pursuit, is rated as one of the best appointees of President Bola Tinubu. While a lot was said about FIRS, past and present, the industry captains praised Tinubu for head-hunting a young man who is at home with the rudiments of revenue management in the 21st century economy.
Adedeji was spotlighted for a couple of…
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