The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS)
says it is set to recruit at least 7,500 young
Nigerian graduates.
The graduates, when employed, are expected
to serve as Community Tax Liaison Officers
(CTLOs) through the ongoing federal
government's N-Power program.
The minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun
and the executive chairman of the Federal
Inland Revenue Service, said this on Thursday,
June 15 at a press conference.
Adeosun says the recruitment is with the
ultimate aim of helping the government shore
up its revenue base.
They revealed that the young graduates to be
engaged would be trained and deployed to
communities and that their main duties would
be to raise awareness and educate citizens on
the tax system in Nigeria.
With a tax to GDP ratio of only six percent,
one of the lowest in the world and 14 million
tax payers out of 69.6 million economically
active people (20 percent), Adeosun explained
that there was a lot of work to be done in
creating awareness and bringing people into
the tax system.
"As a result, about 7,500 CTLOs will be
recruited through the N-Power Program to
tackle this challenge and they will be deployed nationwide and will be found in public places within every community.
"They will be found in markets, schools,
churches, mosques, airports, etc and will have
distinctive uniforms with logos clearly showing
that they are part of the tax awareness
program thereby making it easier for them to
be identified," Adeosun said.
She explained that all the CTLOs would
undergo intensive training comprising of
classroom learning, case studies, role play
and on the field learning.
"Their training is comprehensive and covers
the tax system, sales, marketing and
customer services," she said.
These Community Tax Liaison Officers are
expected to increase tax awareness to raise
compliance, educate all citizens on the tax
system, tax outreach to increase the number
of tax payers and to enroll new tax payers but
they are not expected to assess people for
tax purposes or collect taxes on behalf of the
federal government.
The government urged young Nigerian graduates to apply for these vacancies
through the N-Power website under the tab,
'N-Power Tax' as there are lots of benefits.
The Nigerian Navy had on Wednesday, June 14, warned prospective applicants seeking
employment on the activities of fraudsters
currently operating fake online recruitment
sites.
The navy said it will make a public
announcement whenever its recruitment
process starts.
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