The Federal Inland Revenue Service FIRS has refuted recent allegations concerning the appointment of Xpress Payments as part of the national revenue collection system, describing the claims as inaccurate and capable of politicising a strictly administrative process.
In a statement, signed by Arabinrin Aderonke Atoyebi, Technical Assistant on Broadcast Media to the Executive Chairman of FIRS, in response to commen by former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, the agency stressed that it does not operate any exclusive or single-gateway arrangement for tax collection. It also clarified that no private company has been granted monopoly rights over government revenues.