Nigeria: FIRS Boss Bemoans Decrease in Tax

The acting executive chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Kabir Mashi, has raised an alarm over the establishment's performance this year, lamenting that it has fallen short of the expected target.

According to him, for the quarter of this year, the FIRS had a total non-oil tax collection of N418 biilion as against a target of N558 billion, indicating a shortfall of N140 billion at this stage of the year.

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