700,000 Graduates Apply For 500 Jobs At FIRS

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The Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Babatunde Fowler, has on Wednesday revealed that his organisation received more than 700,000 applications from the recent job advert it placed.

Fowler who disclosed this in Abuja when he appeared before the House of Representatives committee on public petition says FIRS had invited applications for various positions in series of adverts placed in some national dailies

The FIRS boss’ appearance at the lower chamber followed a petition from some applicants, who claimed to have been excluded from the employment processes.

“Out of the 700,000 applicants more than 2,000 had first class degrees in various disciplines and were qualified to be engaged in the service,” FIRS boss revealed.

He said FIRS would recruit only 500 people, adding that the exercise was designed to increase manpower for tax revenue collection and expand the country’s revenue base.

He, however, promised that the organisation would ensure fairness and due process in the recruitment process.

“We have secured waiver and endorsement from the Federal Character Commission in order to ensure that the right thing is done,” he said

Meanwhile, the Chairman of the committee, Nkem Abonta, directed Fowler to submit to the committee the service’s nominal roll to assist it in arriving at a decision.

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