{"id":26157,"date":"2020-08-04T13:52:35","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T13:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=26157"},"modified":"2020-08-04T13:52:40","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T13:52:40","slug":"nipost-firs-conflict-worsens-as-both-agencies-exchange-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=26157","title":{"rendered":"NIPOST\/FIRS conflict worsens as both agencies exchange words"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FIRS-LOGO.jpg\" alt=\"Court orders sale of properties of 2 companies to settle evaded tax\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The wrangling between government revenue-generating agencies, Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) and Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) over stamp duty collection festered on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both agencies have stood their ground in the conflict, insisting that the other was wrong in the matter of stamp duty issuance and collection of revenue of stamps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abdullahi Ismaila Ahmad, FIRS Director of Communication and Liaison, said in a statement the FIRS was determined to ensure that all funds collected by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/NIPOST\">NIPOST<\/a>&nbsp;into its alleged illegally operated stamp duties account were full remitted into the federation account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He went further to say that the FIRS would make sure that any kobo that was not accounted for in the account was legally recovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maimuna Abubakar, NIPOST\u2019s chairman, had in a series of tweets on her Twitter handle, @ref_ng, made an outcry that FIRS had stolen the mandate of NIPOST.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abubakar noted that the fiscal authority, which has the primary function of assessing, collecting and accounting for tax accruing to the Nigerian government, had started printing stamps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018I am worried for NIPOST, having sleepless nights because of NIPOST. We need the general public to come to our aid; FIRS stole our mandate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018FIRS are now selling stamps instead of buying from us. What is happening; are we expected to keep quiet and let FIRS kill and bury NIPOST?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018We need to get our mandate. NIPOST is the sole custodian of national stamps; another agency printing and selling stamps is against the law of the land,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FIRS, in a number of rejoinder tweets on Tuesday on its Twitter handle, @firsNigeria, faulted claims made by the NIPOST chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018To be sure, NIPOST is a government parastatal established by Decree 41 of 1992 with the function to develop, promote and provide adequate and efficiently co-ordinated postal services at reasonable rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018This function is clearly contrary to the claim by NIPOST over the administration of stamp duties in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018On the other hand, the FIRS is the sole agency charged with the responsibility of assessing, collecting, and accounting for all tax types including Stamp Duties,\u2019  it said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wrangling between government revenue-generating agencies, Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) and Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) over stamp duty collection festered on Tuesday. 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