Wike sacks FCT-IRS Acting Chairman

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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has sacked the Acting Executive Chairman of the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS), Mr Michael Ango.

 

This was made known in a statement on Friday by the Senior Special Assistant to the Minister of Public Communication and Social Media, Lere Olayinka.

 

The most senior official of the FCT-IRS has also been directed to take over the running of the revenue agency with immediate effect.

Reasons for his sack were not made known to the public at the time of writing this report.

Ango’s appointment as the acting Chairman of the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) was approved by President Bola Tinubu last August.

he acting chair of FCT-IRS, who hails from Kebbi State, was given the mandate to oversee the implementation of strategic initiatives to enhance revenue generation and ensure fiscal sustainability at the time of his appointment.

Ango holds an LLM degree from Columbia University School of Law, New York and a Bachelor of Laws degree from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

The Nation.