Back
Stamp duty: NIPOST, FIRS in Twitter war
Aug 4, 2020
The Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) are locked in a Twitter war.
The exchange of words followed a disagreement over which agency should implement the Stamp Duty Act.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and some civil society organisations have opposed the policy .
On Sunday, NIPOST Chairman, Maimuna Abubakar, stated that the FIRS was usurping her agency’s mandate.
It expressed worry over the ”takeover” of NIPOST’s mandate by FIRS.
Abubakar disclosed that she was having sleepless nights because of the matter.
“FIRS stole our mandate. FIRS 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? We need to get our mandate back”, she tweeted.
The chairman insisted that NIPOST are the sole custodians of national stamps, noting that another agency printing and selling stamps is against the law of the land.
“FIRS did not only steal our stamps but also our ideas, what NIPOST had worked for since 2016, our documents, patent and sneaked everything into the finance bill and tactically removed the name of NIPOST.”
She stressed that NIPOST is the only agency charged with the responsibility of producing adhesive stamps and that revenue from the purchase accrues to the agency.
“There is nowhere in FIRS Act or Stamp Duty Act where it’s so stated that FIRS can produce stamp or sell stamp. Did you know that NIPOST had generated over N60b in the NIPOST CBN account for the Federal Government?”, Abubakar quipped.
2Shares
0Comments
0Favorites
0Likes
Say something to impress...
Loading...
Comments
Hot

No content at this moment.

Relevant people
Daily Post
286314 Followers
others
Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers. Get the Latest News and Features at Daily Post - National, Politics, Entertainment, Metro, Sport and Opinions.
Related