Tinubu Names Zacch Adedeji Acting Executive Chairman/CEO FIRS
*Directs erstwhile chairman, Nami to proceed on three-month pre-retirement leave
*Names Delu Yakubu pioneer coordinator/CEO NSIPA
Deji Elumoye in Abuja
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Hon. Zacch Adedeji as the new Acting Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
The president, according to a statement issued yesterday, by his Media Adviser, Ajuri Ngelale, also directed the erstwhile FIRS Chairman, Mr. Muhammad Nami, to proceed on three months pre-retirement leave, as provided for in the Public Service Rule (PSR) 120243, with immediate effect, leading to his eventual retirement from service on December 8, 2023.
According to the statement, Adedeji, the Special Adviser to the President on Revenue, has been appointed in acting capacity for a 90-day period before his subsequent confirmation as the substantive Executive Chairman of the FIRS for a term of four years in the first instance.
Adedeji is a first-class graduate in accounting from the Obafemi Awolowo University. He had meritorious service terms as the Oyo State Commissioner of Finance and as the Executive Secretary / CEO of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC).
By the directives of the President, the new appointment takes immediate effect.
Relatedly, Tinubu, yesterday, approved the appointment of Mrs. Delu Bulus Yakubu as the pioneer National Coordinator / Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programmes Agency (NSIPA), pending Senate confirmation.
The NSIPA (Establishment) Act, 2023, was signed into law on May 22, 2023.
Tinubu, according to a release issued yesterday, by Ngelale, expects the new appointee to convey the highest level of efficiency, transparency, and qualitative service delivery at NSIPA, in his determination to actualise the ‘Renewed Hope’ agenda of his administration.
Yakubu, is a recipient of a Masters degree in agronomy from the State University of Bio-Technology in Kharkiv, Ukraine, with over 15 years worth of working experience in Social Investment Programme management.
